Dourado Junior, Mário Emílio TeixeiraSales, Ana Tereza do NascimentoFregonezi, Guilherme Augusto de FreitasSilva, Ana Gabriela Câmara BatistaRibeiro, Cibele Teresinha DiasSousa, André Gustavo PiresDias, Fernando Augusto Lavezzo2023-07-282023-07-282015SALES, Ana Tereza do Nascimento; FREGONEZI, Guilherme Augusto de Freitas; SILVA, Ana Gabriela Câmara Batista; RIBEIRO, Cibele Teresinha Dias; DOURADO JUNIOR, Mario Emílio Teixeira; SOUSA, André Gustavo Pires; DIAS, Fernando Augusto Lavezzo. Identification of peripheral arterial disease in diabetic patients and its association with quality of life, physical activity and body composition. Jornal Vascular Brasileiro, [S.L.], v. 14, n. 1, p. 46-54, mar. 2015. FapUNIFESP (SciELO). http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1677-5449.20140043. Disponível em: https://www.scielo.br/j/jvb/a/BDmFfdGXJFTVBqdNRwyZ7My/?lang=en. Acesso em: 21 jul. 2023.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/54255Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a risk factor for peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Neither the prevalence of PAD in type 2 (T2) DM nor its detrimental effects on quality of life (QoL) or physical activity (PA) have been well described in the Brazilian population. Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence of newly diagnosed PAD and its associations with QoL, PA and body composition in a sample of T2DM patients from a University Hospital. Methods: Seventy-three (73) T2DM patients without previous diagnoses of major complications related to T2DM were enrolled. PAD was assessed using the ankle-brachial index (ABI); QoL was measured using a translated and validated SF-36 questionnaire; PA was measured using a modified Baecke questionnaire; and body composition was measured by segmental multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance. Results: PAD prevalence was 13.7%, predominantly of mild severity (ABI between 0.8-0.9). The ABI results correlated with age (ρ=-0.26, P=0.03), DM duration (ρ=-0.28, P=0.02) and systolic and diastolic blood pressure (ρ=-0.33, P=0.007 and ρ=-0.28, P=0.02; respectively). Scores for the SF-36 physical component summary (PCS) were below the normal range, but no negative impact from PAD was identified by the PCS scores (normal-ABI 42.9±11.2 vs. PAD-ABI 38.12±11.07) or the Baecke PA results. Body composition analysis detected excessive body fat, especially in women, but there was no difference between groups. Conclusions: The prevalence of previously undiagnosed PAD in this population of T2DM patients was 13.7%, predominantly mild and asymptomatic forms, and was not yet associated with worsened QoL, PA levels or body composition variables.Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Brazilhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/br/doença arterial periféricadiabetes melitocomplicações do diabetesqualidade de vidacomposição corporalPeripheral Arterial Disease;quality of lifediabetes mellitusbody compositiondiabetes complicationsarticlehttps://doi.org/10.1590/1677-5449.20140043