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ArticleJournal of diabetes research2020

Peripheral Arterial Disease and Its Associated Factors among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients at Debre Tabor General Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia.

Yonas Akalu, Ambaye Birhan

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Article in Journal of diabetes research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yonas AkaluDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0914-7768
Ambaye BirhanDepartment of Radiology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.
Debre Tabor University · ETUniversity of Gondar · ET

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPeripheral arterial disease (PAD), one of the major macrovascular complications of diabetes, is associated with cardiovascular mortality and a high rate of disability following the amputation of an extremity in diabetes patients. However, there is no data on the prevalence of PAD among type 2 diabetes patients in Ethiopia. Therefore, the current study is aimed at determining the prevalence and associated factors of PAD among type 2 diabetes patients at Debre Tabor General Hospital, Debre Tabor, Northwest Ethiopia.

methodsAn institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients from February 1 to August 30, 2019. A pretested interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. The presence of stenosis and its grading were determined by color Doppler ultrasonography. Data were entered using EpiData-V.4.6 and analyzed by STATA-14. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression was performed to identify associated factors of peripheral arterial disease. Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) and its confidence interval were estimated for potential predictors included in the final model.

resultsThe mean age of the study participants was 61.2 ± 7.3 years. One hundred seventy-two (61.4%) patients were males. The prevalence of PAD in this study was 30.7% (95% CI (25.3-36.2%)). Of these, 37 (43%) were symptomatic. Age (AOR = 1.09, 95% CI (1.03-1.16)), higher HbA1c (AOR = 1.97, 95% CI (1.03-3.40)), being an ex-smoker (AOR = 4.68, 95% CI (1.93-11.30)), and current cigarette smoking (AOR = 5.84, 95% CI (1.79-19.04)) were significantly associated with PAD.

conclusionThe prevalence of peripheral arterial disease among type 2 diabetes patients was high. Increasing age, high HbA1c, and being cigarette smokers increase the likelihood of developing peripheral arterial disease. Clinicians should prevent PAD; screen T2DM patients who are aged, with high HbA1c, and cigarette smokers; and treat them timely.

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