title: The relationship between obesity and peripheral arterial disease in adult Nigerian diabetics.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim was to identify any relationship between obesity and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in diabetic subjects.
  
  
  METHODS
  Male and female diabetic subjects aged 50-89 years. Body mass index (BMI) was used to estimate total body weight and the waist-to- hip ratio (WHR) as well as waist circumference (WC) were used for abdominal fat distribution estimation. Peripheral arterial disease was defined by an ankle brachial index <0.9.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) was observed in 52.5% of the subjects. BMI, WHR and WC did not correlate with PAD.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  None of the parameters (i.e BMI, WHR and WC) used to assess the relationship between obesity and PAD was found to correlate with PAD.
authors.affiliation: LAUTECH Health Centre, Ogbomoso. P.O. Box 1708, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Bolaji Oyelade
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Oyelade
authors.forename: Akintayo D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Olaolorun
authors.forename: Louis O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Odeigah
authors.forename: Isaac O
authors.initials: IO
authors.lastname: Amole
authors.forename: Sunday A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Aderibigbe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D056128:Obesity, Abdominal / Q000453:epidemiology; D058729:Peripheral Arterial Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055105:Waist Circumference; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio