High prevalence of peripheral arterial disease and co-morbidity in 6880 primary care patients: cross-sectional study
| Autor: | Stefan Lange, Alexander Schuster, David Pittrow, Gerhart Tepohl, Roman L. Haberl, Hans-Joachim Trampisch, Berndt von Stritzky, Curt Diehm, Jens R. Allenberg, Harald Darius |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study Arteriosclerosis Physical examination Comorbidity Risk Factors Internal medicine Germany medicine Prevalence Humans Risk factor Aged Ultrasonography Aged 80 and over Peripheral Vascular Diseases medicine.diagnostic_test Primary Health Care business.industry medicine.disease Intermittent claudication Blood pressure Cross-Sectional Studies Physical therapy Female medicine.symptom Ankle Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Claudication business Body mass index Diabetic Angiopathies |
| Zdroj: | Atherosclerosis. 172(1) |
| ISSN: | 0021-9150 |
| Popis: | We aimed to obtain reliable data on the epidemiology, co-morbidities and risk factor profile of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in general medical practise. In the cross-sectional part of the observational German Epidemiological Trial on Ankle Brachial Index (getABI study), 344 general practitioners throughout Germany determined the ABI of consecutive, unselected patients aged 65 years or older with bilateral Doppler ultrasound measurements. Additional assessments comprised patient history with the focus on atherothrombotic diseases, physical examination, and the WHO questionnaire on intermittent claudication. A total of 6880 patients were included (42.0% male, mean age 72.5 years, mean body mass index 27.3 kg/m(2), mean systolic/diastolic blood pressure 143.7/81.3 mmHg). The prevalence of PAD for men/women as indicated by an ankle brachial index (AB1) |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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