Ankle brachial index vs metabolic syndrome for risk prediction

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9645, 2008, Pages 1221-

  Diehm, Curt ^a   Darius, Harald ^b   Burghaus, Ina ^c   Mahn, Matthias ^d   Pittrow, David ^e  

^a Affiliated Teaching Hospital   (Germany)

^b Vivantes Neukolln Medical Center   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d Sanofi Aventis   (Switzerland)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PATIENT SELECTION; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOTE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 53049089504     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61517-2     Document Type: Letter

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