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Smoking, diabetes predict different forms of peripheral artery disease

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, June 19th, 2006

Cigarette smoking and high cholesterol predict risk for some forms of peripheral artery disease (PAD), while diabetes predicts risk for other forms of the disease, researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Researchers examined risk factors for PAD progression in large blood vessels (LV-PAD) and in small blood vessels (SV-PAD). PAD is characterized by clogged arteries outside the heart or brain - most often in the legs. An estimated 8 million people in the United States have PAD.

When large leg vessels are involved, the classic symptom is painful cramping in the hips, thighs or calves that occurs during...

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