Excess 1-year cardiovascular risk in elderly primary care patients with a low ankle-brachial index (ABI) and high homocysteine level

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 351-357

  Lange, Stefan ^a   Trampisch, Hans Joachim ^a   Haberl, Roman ^b   Darius, Harald ^c   Pittrow, David ^d   Schuster, Alexander ^e   Von Stritzky, Berndt ^f   Tepohl, Gerhart ^g   Allenberg, Jens Rainer ^h   Diehm, Curt ^h  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Harlaching Hospital   (Germany)

^c Vivantes Neukolln Medical Center   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e 3P Consulting   (Germany)

^f Division Henning   (Germany)

^g Internist/Vascular Medicine   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular diseases; Homocysteine; Peripheral vascular disease; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE; ARM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 19944431943     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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