Association of Venous Disorders with Leg Symptoms: Results from the Bonn Vein Study 1

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 360-367

  Wrona, M ^a   Jockel K H ^b   Pannier, F ^c   Bock, E ^b   Hoffmann, B ^d   Rabe, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CEAP; Chronic venous insufficiency; Symptoms; Varicose veins; Venous disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CRAMP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SITTING; STANDING; VARICOSIS; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GERMANY; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULARIZATION; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940451724     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2015.05.013     Document Type: Article

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