Plasma glucose levels and white blood cell count are related with ankle brachial index in type 2 diabetic subjects

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 402-406

  Papazafiropoulou, Athanasia ^a   Kardara, Marina ^b   Sotiropoulos, Alexios ^a   Bousboulas, Stavros ^a   Stamataki, Petroula ^a   Pappas, Stavros ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NIKEA   (Greece)

^b Health Center of Erymantheia   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ankle brachial index; Fasting plasma glucose; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; White blood cell count

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; UREA; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN TREATMENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78049324095     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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