Relationship between ankle-brachial index and all cause mortality and cardiovascular disease mortality in female patients with atherosclerotic risk factors
- VernacularTitle:女性多重动脉硬化患者踝臂指数与全因死亡和心血管疾病死亡关系的群组研究
- Author:
Jue LI
;
Xiankai LI
;
Yingyi LUO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Atherosclerosis;
Ankle-brachial index(ABI);
Peripheral arterial disease(PAD);
Mortality;
Risk factor
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Internal Medicine
2001;0(09):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To study the relationship between ankle-brachial index and all cause mortality and cardiovascular disease mortality in female Chinese patients with atherosclerotic risk factors.Methods A total of 1744 female patients with no less than two atherosclerotic risk factors were enrolled from several hospitals in Shanghai and Beijing.Baseline exams were measured.All the participants were followed up 13 months.Results The patients with PAD were significantly older than those without PAD[(72.42?9.158)years vs(65.89?10.366)years,P
