Table 1 Distribution of bibliographic references indicating the fewer studies on intermittent claudication in diabetes mellitus patients, derived from a literature search in PubMed (up to 3 January 2013)
From: Diabetes mellitus and intermittent claudication: a cross-sectional study of 920 claudicants
Keyword | Number of references | References in last 5 years |
|---|---|---|
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) | 322,586 | 76,595 (23.7%) |
Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) | 59,401 | 8,167 (13.7%) |
Intermittent Claudication (IC) | 7,999 | 1,147 (14.3%) |
PAD & DM | 3,777 | 1,067 (28.3%) |
IC & DM | 667 | 103 (15.4%) |
Diabetic Foot (DF) | 8,794 | 2,597 (29.5%) |