Toe-brachial index is beyond a peripheral issue in patients with type 2 diabetes

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 16; no. 6; p. e0253138
• Main Authors: Darban Hosseini Amirkhiz, Gisoo, Babaei, Mohammad Reza, Madani, Nahid Hashemi, Khamseh, Mohammad Ebrahim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 15.06.2021; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Age; Ankle; Asymptomatic; Atherosclerosis; Biology and life sciences; Blood pressure; Body mass index; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Casualties; Cellulitis; Cholesterol; Complications and side effects; Congestive heart failure; Coronary vessels; Density; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent); Diagnosis; Dyslipidemia; Editing; Endocrinology; Gender; Glucose; Hemoglobin; High density lipoprotein; Hypertension; Laboratories; Life expectancy; Life span; Low density lipoprotein; Lymphedema; Measurement; Medical research; Medical science; Medical treatment; Medicine and Health Sciences; Metabolism; Methodology; Patient outcomes; Patients; Peripheral vascular diseases; Radiology; Research facilities; Risk analysis; Risk factors; Smoking; Thromboembolism; Thrombophlebitis; Thrombosis; Triglycerides; Type 2 diabetes; Ultrasonic imaging; Iran

Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death in patients with diabetes. We aimed to evaluate the association between ankle-brachial index (ABI) and toe-brachial index (TBI) with carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). This cross sectional study included 296 pa...