The Incidence of Peripheral Arterial Disease in Diabetic Type 2Sudanese Patients

Abstract

Back Ground: Peripheral artery disease (PAD), which is linked to greater mortality rates and a frequent occurrence of impairment in diabetic patients after the amputation of an extremity, is one of the main macro-vascular consequences associated with diabetes mellitus.

Objectives: In order to assess the prevalence and risk of PAD in people with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) at Atbara Teaching Hospital in Atbara, River Nile State, Sudan.

Methodology: A cross-sectional analytic hospital-based study was carried out in Nassir Alden Awadallah Diabetic Center at Atbara Teaching Hospital from July to November 2022. The information was taken from interviews to 100 type 2 diabetic patients who visited the diabetes center and they were selected randomly. The statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 20 was used to examine the data. The participating hospital and the ministry of health approved the present study after conducting an ethical review.

Result: 22% of patients, out of a total of 100%, had PAD manifestations. Age, smoking, and Body Mass Index (BMI) were all correlated significantly with PAD. As a crucial macro-vascular complication of type 2 diabetes, 14% of participants were having lower limbs amputation.

Conclusion: Patients with type 2 diabetes were at high risk for PAD. Age, BMI, and smoking were all strongly linked to PAD.