Endocrine Abstracts

Peripheral artery disease (PAD); is a chronic occlusive disease in lower extremities. PAD is an important sign of atherosclerosis, and an important predictor of mortality and morbidity during the cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases. Since the cardiovascular diseases are the most important cause of death in type 2 DM patients, diagnosing the mortality and morbidity predictor PAD in the early period is very important. The ankle–brachial index is an easy and cheap me...