Peripheral arterial disease, type 2 diabetes and postprandial lipidaemia: Is there a link?

Table 1 Prevalence of peripheral arterial disease in Spanish cohorts

Study	Number of subjects	Age (yr)	Study population		ABI < 0.9 (%)
HERMEX[17]	2833	51	General	All	3.7
				Without diabetes	2.8
				With Diabetes	6.2
ESTIME[6]	1324	68	General	All	8
				Without diabetes	6.6
				With diabetes	19
MERITO[19]	1519	66	Internal medicine outpatient clinic	SCORE ≥ 3	26.2
				With Diabetes	26.1
VITAMIN[20]	493	68	Internal medicine outpatient clinic	Without DM2	21
				With DM2	38
ARPTER[18]	3171	63	General	All	6.4
				Without diabetes	5.4
				With diabetes	12.6
REGICOR[21]	6262	56	General	All	4.5
				Without diabetes	4
				With diabetes	8.4
FUENCARRAL Health Center[22]	1360	70	Primary health care centre	Without diabetes	4.3
				With diabetes	11.3
ALBACETE[23]	784	61	General	All	10.5
				Without diabetes	9
				With diabetes	19
RONDA PRIM Health Center[25]	289	65	Primary health centres	Diabetes	21.5
CIUDAD JARDIN Health Center[78]	456	61	Primary health centre	Diabetes	27
PADiD Study[24]	1462	78	Internal medicine outpatient clinics	Diabetes	60
MARINA BAIXA Hospital[89]	360	67	Internal medicine outpatient clinics	Diabetes	27

ABI: Ankle-brachial index.