Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in Chinese type 2 diabetic patients, and to compare the different risk factors for the low and high ankle-brachial index (ABI). A total of 2040 patients (1001 men and 1039 women) aged 67.0 ± 10.7 years were recruited from 8 university hospitals. PAD was diagnosed by ABI 1.3), and logistic regression analyses were used to identify the independent risk factors. The overall prevalence of PAD was 16.7%. Older age, female gender, history of coronary heart disease (CHD), cerebral infarction (CI), PAD, claudication, longer diabetes mellitus (DM) duration, high blood pressure (HBP), smoking, using diuretics and having a high level of uric acid (UA) were independently associated with low ABI (ABI 1.3).
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