Gender differences in health status and adverse outcomes among patients with peripheral arterial disease

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Dreyer, Rachel P ^a,b   van Zitteren, Moniek ^c,d   Beltrame, John F ^e   Fitridge, Robert ^e   Denollet, Johan ^c   Vriens, Patrick W ^d   Spertus, John A ^f,g   Smolderen, Kim G ^f,g  

^a Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Health status; Outcomes research; Peripheral artery disease; Women

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL COMPONENT SCORE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHYSICAL COMPONENT SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 12; SOCIAL STATUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85017330168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.114.000863     Document Type: Article

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