Higher body mass index is associated with more adverse changes in calf muscle characteristics in peripheral arterial disease

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1015-1024

  Raval, Zankhana ^a   Liu, Kiang ^a   Tian, Lu ^b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^c   Guralnik, Jack M ^d   Liao, Yihua ^a   Criqui, Michael H ^e   McDermott, Mary M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84859157269     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.10.105     Document Type: Article

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