Ankle-brachial index and mortality in a cohort of questionnaire recorded leg pain on walking

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 405-410

  Jonsson B ^a   Skau, T ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aged; Ankle; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular diseases; Follow up studies; Predictive value of tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG ISCHEMIA; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR SURGERY; WALKING; ANKLE; ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE; ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036830807     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2002.1747     Document Type: Article

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