Relationship between the levels of uric acid in diabetic patients aged over forty years and lower extremity arterial disease / 中国基层医药

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the relationship between the levels of uric acid in type 2 diabetic patients aged over forty years and lower extremity arterial disease(LEAD).Methods Lower extremities of 212 patients with type 2 diabetes were detected by high resolution color Doppler ultrasonography,and the levels of uric acid,fasting blood glucose and serum lipid were examined,which were applied to anylaze the relationship with diversity process of lower extremity arterial disease.Results The uric acid,low-density lipoproteins cholesterol(LDL-C),body mass in- dex(BMI),age and course in lower extremity arterial disease group was significantly higher than those without LEAD group(P