Demographic factors and their relationship with the presence of CVI signs in Italy: The 24-cities cohort study

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 674-680

  Chiesa, R ^a   Marone, Enrico Maria ^a,e   Limoni, C ^b   Volonte M ^c   Schaefer, E ^d   Petrini, O ^d  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^c Boehringer Ingelheim Italia SpA   (Italy)

^d BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^e SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic venous insufficiency; Epidemiology; Logistic model; Non random sample

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELANGIECTASIA; VARICOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 28944442535     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2005.06.016     Document Type: Article

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