The relevance of different methods of calculating the ankle-brachial index

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 368-376

  Allison, Matthew A ^a   Aboyans, Victor ^b   Granston, Tanya ^c   McDermott, Mary M ^d   Kamineni, Aruna ^c   Ni, Hanyu ^e   Criqui, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle brachial index; Cardiovascular diseases; Continental population groups; Ethnic groups; Peripheral vascular diseases

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; RISK FACTOR; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ANKLE PRESSURE; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; TIBIAL ARTERY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 75149138758     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp382     Document Type: Article

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