Peripheral arterial disease progression and ankle brachial index: a cohort study with newly diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes

Table 4 ABI values and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) prevalence at the beginning of the study

ABI	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	p
ABI	(N = 978)	(N = 221)	(N = 50)	p
Right ABI	0.86 ± 0.1	0.94 ± 0.2	1.06 ± 0.1	< 0.001*
Left ABI	0.85 ± 0.3	0.91 ± 0.1	1.05 ± 0.1	< 0.005*
PAD (%)	87%	60%	10%	< 0.00001*

ABI Ankle-Brachial Index, PAD Peripheral Arterial Disease, T2DM Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Group 1 Individuals with T2DM undergoing drug treatment, Group 2 Newly diagnosed drug-naive (< 3 months) patients with T2DM. Group 3: Patients without diabetes. ^*All groups differ between themselves. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05

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