The ankle brachial index and change in lower extremity functioning over time: The women's health and aging study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 238-246

  McDermott, Mary McGrae ^a   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b,c   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^b   Balfour, Jennifer ^b   Fried, Linda ^d   Ling, Shari ^d   Gibson, Daniel ^a   Guralnik, Jack M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c INRCA   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Ankle brachial index; Functional impairment; Peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RACE; STANDING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WALKING SPEED;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE; BALTIMORE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; WALKING;

EID: 0036171559     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50054.x     Document Type: Article

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