Peripheral arterial disease and its correlates in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a teaching hospital in northern Nigeria: A cross-sectional study
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders Mar 07, 2020
Agboghoroma OF, et al. - In this cross-sectional study, researchers examined the occurrence and factors correlated with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) among patients with T2DM in a tertiary hospital in northern Nigeria. They selected 200 patients with T2DM consecutively from the diabetes clinic of the Jos University Teaching Hospital. According to findings, in a tertiary hospital in northern Nigeria, PAD is present in more than a third of patients with T2DM. Independent correlates of PAD were a BMI of ≥ 25 kg/m2 and low HDL cholesterol levels.
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