Open AccessA study of prevalence and association of risk factors for diabetic vasculopathy in an urban area of Gujarat
Author(s) -
Jayesh Dalpatbhai Solanki,
Amit H Makwana,
Hemant B Mehta,
Pradnya A Gokhale,
Chinmay Shah
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.123906
Subject(s) - medicine , family history , body mass index , diabetes mellitus , disease , risk factor , population , hyperlipidemia , type 2 diabetes , medical history , physical therapy , pediatrics , environmental health , endocrinology
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is an aftermath of type 2 diabetes posing a significant health problem in developing countries. Its silent progression warrants presymptomatic screening by ankle brachial index (ABI), which cannot be applied to the whole population. We tried to measure the burden of PAD in diabetics of this region correlating various risk factors for it quantitatively and qualitatively.