Peripheral arterial disease among children with type 1 diabetes mellitus in a Nigerian teaching hospital.

Objectives: The study aimed to determine the prevalence of PAD in children with T1DM and to correlate PAD with clinical characteristics in children with T1DM.

Methods: A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted involving 90 subjects (forty-five with T1DM and 45 apparently healthy comparative subjects that were matched for age and gender). Systolic blood pressure was measured in all limbs using the pocket Doppler machine (Norton Doppler scan machine).