Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Peripheral arterial disease is a disorder due to obstruction of blood supply to extremities. Diabetes mellitus and hypertension are predisposing factors.Objective: To determine if the presence of concurrent hypertension increases the risk of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in Nigerians with type 2 diabetes.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study that included 160 persons living with diabetes mellitus (60 subjects ha...

Background: Obesity is increasingly becoming prevalent among the general population and in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in particular. This unhealthy association contributes to increased morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular complications in diabetic patients.Objectives: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of obesity among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.Materials...

Background: Obesity is increasingly becoming prevalent among the general population and in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in particular. This unhealthy association contributes to increased morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular complications in diabetic patients.Objectives: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of obesity among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.Materials...

Background: Diabetes is associated with multi-systemic complications. In male patients with diabetes, erectile dysfunction may be a worrisome condition and may result as an effect of diabetic complications, associated conditions such as hypertension and from the effects of drugs especially antihypertensives. Erectile dysfunction is increasingly being reported among diabetics with a resultant poor quality of life. This study seeks to determine the prevalence of erectile dysfunc...