The bambuí health and aging study (BHAS). Prevalence of intermittent claudication in the aged population of the community of bambuí and its associated factors

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 458-462

  De Passos, Valéria Maria Azeredo ^a,b   Guerra, Sandhi Maria Barreto Henrique Leonardo ^a   Firmo, Josélia Oliveira Araújo ^a   Vidigal, Pedro Guatimosim ^a   Lima Costa, Maria Fernanda Furtado ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elderly; Intermittent claudication; Peripheral obstructive arterial disease; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 8744272518     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0066-782x2001001100006     Document Type: Article

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