Persons with varicose veins have a high subsequent incidence of arterial disease: A population-based study in Tampere, Finland

Angiology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 704-709

  Mäkivaara, Liisa A ^a   Ahti, Tiina M ^a   Luukkaala, Tiina ^a,b   Hakama, Matti ^a   Laurikka, Jari O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Heart Center   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 37849032487     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319707299202     Document Type: Article

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