Associations of ankle-brachial index with clinical coronary heart disease, stroke and preclinical carotid and popliteal atherosclerosis: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 115-125

  Zheng, Zhi Jie ^a,g   Sharrett, A Richey ^b   Chambless, Lloyd E ^a   Rosamond, Wayne D ^a   Nieto, F Javier ^c   Sheps, David S ^d   Dobs, Adrian ^e   Evans, Gregory W ^f   Heiss, Gerardo ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Coronary heart disease; Peripheral arterial disease; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANKLE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031002886     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(97)06089-9     Document Type: Article

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