Prevalence of Peripheral Arterial Disease in Diabetic Patients Attending in Family Medicine Outpatient Clinic in Suez Canal University Hospital
/ 0
- Details
- Category: Vol. 80, September 2012
- Hits: 646
Prevalence of Peripheral Arterial Disease in Diabetic Patients Attending in Family Medicine Outpatient Clinic in Suez Canal University Hospital, REMON F. ZITTON, MAGED S. KHATTAB, KHALIL A. KHALIL and SEHAM A. HASB-ALLAH
Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to measure the prevalence of peripheral arterial disease in diabetic patients and to identify risk factors affecting the prevalence of PAD in diabetic patients.
Subjects and Methods: Descriptive, cross sectional study carried on 283 diabetic patients in family medicine outpatient clinic, all patients suspected to a questionnaire was used to collect data from diabetic patients (through structured inter-view) PAD was diagnosed according to Edinburgh Claudication Questionnaire.
Results: Associated chronic diseases (i.e. Hypertension, CHD, or both of them), special habits (smoking) and degree of diabetic control (HbA1c) were statistically significant independent positive predictors of prevalence of PAD while family history of CHD, duration of diabetic were statistically insignificant independent positive of the occurrence of PAD. Conversely, obesity (BMI) and HDL cholesterol were highly statistically significant independent negative predictors of Prevalence of PAD.
Conclusion: Prevalence of PAD was 19.1%, Males are more prone than Females to be affected with PAD. Older aged diabetics were more prone to PAD; there is a strong relationship between abnormal lipid profile and occurrence of PAD.