Abstract

Objectives: To investigate the relationship between the flow mediated dilatation (FMD) index and some cardiovascular risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods: Cross-sectional study. 112 patients with type 2 diabetes were examined clinically, laboratory tests to detect cardiovascular risk factors and FMD measurements were performed in the arm arteries. Results: Mean FMD in type 2 diabetic patients was 6.51 ± 1.79%. Those patients with smoking, overweight, obesity, poor blood glucose control, dyslipidemia and albuminuria (+) had significantly reduced FMD with p < 0.05 There were a significant negative correlation between FMD and blood cholesterol ( r = - 0.43 ; p < 0.05 ) LDL-C (r - 0.46; p < 0.05 ); HOMA-IR ( r = - 0.28 ; p < 0.05 ); Albuminuria ( r = - 0.42 ; p < 0.05 ).