Use of ankle brachial pressure index to predict cardiovascular events and death: A cohort study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 7070, 1996, Pages 1440-1444

  Leng, G C ^a   Fowkes, F G R ^a,b   Lee, A J ^a   Dunbar, J ^a   Housley, E ^c   Ruckley, C V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Epidemiology ^*

^c NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SMOKING; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029960423     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7070.1440     Document Type: Article

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