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Abo Blood Group Type And The Risks Of Peripheral Artery Disease In Type Ii Diabetes Mellitus, Dedy Pratama, Adi N.D Puruboyo
Abo Blood Group Type And The Risks Of Peripheral Artery Disease In Type Ii Diabetes Mellitus, Dedy Pratama, Adi N.D Puruboyo
The New Ropanasuri Journal of Surgery
Introduction. Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a common complication of diabetes mellitus (DM), affecting up to 20% of people over 65. Blood type is hypothesized to influence PAD, although it has yet to be extensively studied. We aim to investigate the correlation between ABO blood group type and the severity of PAD in patients with type II DM.
Methods. We conducted a cross-sectional study on DM type II patients with PAD at the Cipto Mangunkusumo National Hospital in Indonesia between January 2022 to June 2022. PAD was diagnosed based on the ankle-brachial index (ABI) measurement. The PAD severity was grouped …