PMID- 19193459
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110201
LR  - 20101011
IS  - 1874-1754 (Electronic)
IS  - 0167-5273 (Linking)
VI  - 144
IP  - 2
DP  - 2010 Oct 8
TI  - Prevalence of impaired glucose metabolism in individuals with peripheral arterial 
      disease.
PG  - 243-4
LID - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.01.002 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Epidemiologic studies show an extremely high prevalence of type 2 
      diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) in patients with 
      coronary artery disease. However, the prevalence of abnormal glucose metabolism 
      in patients with sonographically proven peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is 
      unknown. We aimed at investigating the prevalence of impaired glucose metabolism 
      in patients with PAD. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We enrolled 150 consecutive patients 
      (mean age 68 +/- 11 years; 108 men and 42 women) who underwent routine duplex 
      sonography for the evaluation of suspected or established PAD and in whom PAD was 
      verified sonographically. Oral glucose tolerance tests were performed in 
      non-diabetic subjects. RESULTS: From our patients, 38.7% had type 2 diabetes. 
      Among non-diabetic patients, 26.1% had impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). Among 
      subjects with normal glucose tolerance, 23.5% had IFG. Thus, the overall 
      prevalence of abnormal glucose metabolism was 65.3% in the investigated patients 
      with sonographically proven PAD. CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, abnormal glucose 
      metabolism was present in 65.3% of our consecutive patients with sonographically 
      proven PAD. Routine screening for abnormal glucose metabolism (including oral 
      glucose tolerance tests) in PAD patients is warranted.
FAU - Rein, Philipp
AU  - Rein P
FAU - Beer, Stefan
AU  - Beer S
FAU - Saely, Christoph H
AU  - Saely CH
FAU - Vonbank, Alexander
AU  - Vonbank A
FAU - Drexel, Heinz
AU  - Drexel H
LA  - eng
PT  - Letter
DEP - 20090203
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Int J Cardiol
JT  - International journal of cardiology
JID - 8200291
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Female
MH  - Glucose Metabolism Disorders/*epidemiology/*etiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Peripheral Arterial Disease/*complications
MH  - Prevalence
EDAT- 2009/02/06 09:00
MHDA- 2011/02/02 06:00
CRDT- 2009/02/06 09:00
PHST- 2008/12/30 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2009/01/01 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2009/02/06 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/02/06 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/02/02 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0167-5273(09)00027-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.01.002 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Cardiol. 2010 Oct 8;144(2):243-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.01.002. Epub 
      2009 Feb 3.