Frequency of a low ankle brachial index in the general population by age, sex and deprivation: Cross-sectional survey of 28980 men and women

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 370-375

  Price, Jackie F ^a   Stewart, Marlene C w ^a   Douglas, Anne F ^a   Murray, Gordon D ^a   Fowkes, Gerald F r ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ankle brachial index; cardiovascular disease; epidemiology; prevention; risk; screening tool

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANKLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANKLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOTLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 47049120408     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e3282f8b36a     Document Type: Article

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