Peripheral arterial disease in the elderly: The Rotterdam Study
To assess the age- and sex-specific prevalence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and intermittent claudication (IC) in an elderly population, we performed a population-based study in 7715 subjects (40% men, 60% women) aged 55 years and over. The presence of PAD and IC was determined by measuring the ankle-arm systolic blood pressure index (AAI) and by means of the World Health Organization/Rose questionnaire, respectively. PAD was considered present when the AAI was <0.90 in either leg. The prevalence of PAD was 19.1% (95% confidence interval, 18.1% to 20.0%): 16.9% in men and 20.5% in w... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 1998 |
Schlagwörter: | Age Distribution / Aged / Arteries / Blood Pressure/physiology / Cardiovascular Diseases/epidemiology / Female / Humans / Intermittent Claudication/complications/*epidemiology/physiopathology / Male / Middle Aged / Netherlands / Prevalence / Risk Factors / Sex Distribution / Vascular Diseases/complications/*epidemiology/physiopathology |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27218087 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://repub.eur.nl/pub/8780 |