Progression of varicose veins and chronic venous insufficiency in the general population in the Edinburgh Vein Study

Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 18-26

  Lee, Amanda J ^a   Robertson, Lindsay A ^b   Boghossian, Sheila M ^b   Allan, Paul L ^c   Ruckley, C Vaughan ^b   Fowkes, F Gerald R ^b   Evans, Christine J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEFECATION HABIT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANCY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SMOKING; VARICOSIS; VENOUS REFLUX; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPLITEAL VEIN; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPLITEAL VEIN; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916899718     PISSN: 2213333X     EISSN: 22133348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2014.09.008     Document Type: Article

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