| Autor: |
Raja Reddy Ramya, Kothareddy Dileep, Shripad B Deshpande, Sadhasiva Bhavadeep Kumar Reddy |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, Vol 15, Iss 2, Pp CC01-CC03 (2021) |
| Popis: |
Introduction: Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) is an important public health problem, due to its insidious course and the associated co-morbidities. Obesity has been implicated as one of the risk factor besides others. However, the reports on obesity are not consistent. Aim: To assess the association between central obesity and PVD along with other risk factors and the present study is undertaken to examine the correlation of central obesity as a risk factor for PVD. Further, the association between other risk factors and PVD was also ascertained. Materials and Methods: A total of 124 subjects were recruited in this case-control study. Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) was measured using peripheral Doppler studies. Patients with ABI 0.9 were taken as controls. Blood pressure was measured in the sitting position and the authors obtained anthropometric and demographic data. Chi-square test was used as the test of significance and p-value |
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OpenAIRE |
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