Influence of diabetes on ambulation and inflammation in men and women with symptomatic peripheral artery disease

Conclusions. In patients with PAD, diabetic men and women with CAD had more severe claudication than their non-diabetic counterparts, as measured by shorter PWT, and the men had further ambulatory impairment manifested by slower 4-meter gait speed. Furthermore, the diabetic patients with CAD had elevations in interleukin-8, leptin, and PEDF.
Source: Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology - Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research