Prevalence and significance of unrecognized lower extremity peripheral arterial disease in general medicine practice

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 384-390

  McGrae McDermott, M ^a   Kerwin, D R ^a   Liu, K ^a   Martin, G J ^a   O'Brien, E ^a   Kaplan, H ^a   Greenland, P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle brachial index; Functional impairment; Intermittent claudieation; Peripheral arterial disease; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LEG; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SCREENING; SYMPTOM; WALKING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035722894     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2001.016006384.x     Document Type: Article

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