Peripheral arterial disease in African Americans: Clinical characteristics, leg symptoms, and lower extremity functioning

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 922-930

  Rucker Whitaker, Cheryl ^a   Greenland, Philip ^b   Liu, Kiang ^b   Chan, Cheeling ^b   Guralnik, Jack M ^c   Criqui, Michael H ^d   Taylor, Lloyd ^e   Pearce, William H ^b   McGraeMcDermott, Mary ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Functioning; Peripheral arterial disease (PAD)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HUMAN; LEG; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VELOCITY; WALKING;

EID: 2942741169     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52259.x     Document Type: Article

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