Associations Between the Ankle-Brachial Index and Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality Are Similar in Individuals Without and With Type 2 Diabetes:: Nineteen-year follow-up of a population-based cohort study

• Autores: Nordin Mj. Hanssen, Maya S. Huijberts, Casper Schalkwijk, Glel Nljpels, Jacqueline M. Dekker, Coen Stehouwer
• Localización: Diabetes care, ISSN-e 0149-5992, Vol. 35, Nº. 8, 2012, págs. 1731-1735
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In diabetes, the ABI may thus fall within the normal range (^0.9 to s 1.4) when both atherosclerosis and arterial stiffening and calcifications of the lower limbs occur within the same individual. [...]the aim of this study was to investigate whether the associations between the ABI and cardiovascular and all-cause mortality are similar or, in fact, weaker in individuals with diabetes than in individuals without diabetes. [...]Doppler-assisted systolic blood pressure (SBP) measurements were taken from the brachial and posterior tibial arteries on both sides using 12-cm cuffs (Medasonics Vasculab, Mountain vie w, CA).