Abstract

VALDES RAMOS, Eduardo René  and  ESPINOSA BENITEZ, Yanet. Risk factors associated with the development of peripheral arterial disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus persons. Rev cubana med [online]. 2013, vol.52, n.1, pp. 4-13. ISSN 0034-7523.

Objective: to identify risk factors associated with the development of peripheral arterial disease in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Granma province. Methods: a descriptive and cross-sectional study with 1005 type 2 diabetic patients admitted to the Diabetes Care Center in Bayamo, Granma, from September 2008 to June 2011. Data on demographic and clinical variables studied were extracted from medical records. Results: out of 1005 cases studied, 166 (16.5%) had peripheral arterial disease. In univariate analysis found that age, (women e» 55 years and e» 45 years in men (OR: 2.71, CI :1.8-4, 0, p = 0.0000)), hypertension (OR: 1 , 68, CI: 1.1-2.4, p = 0.0065), hypertriglyceridemia (OR: 1.65, CI: 1.1 to 2.3, p = 0.0041), hypercholesterolemia (OR : 1.57, CI: 1.1-2.2, p = 0.0088) and metabolic syndrome (OR: 1.53, CI :1,0-2 0.2, p = 0.0244) were significantly associated with developing peripheral arterial disease. Conclusions: peripheral arterial disease is a common complication in persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus in our environment and age, hypertension, dyslipidemia and metabolic syndrome are the highest influence factors on its development.

Keywords : type 2 diabetes mellitus; peripheral arterial disease; risk factors.

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