Relationship of High and Low Ankle Brachial Index to All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality
Northwestern University · Cornell University · +2 more institutions
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The associations of low (1.40) ankle brachial index (ABI) with risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality have not been examined in a population-based setting. METHODS AND RESULTS: We examined all-cause and CVD mortality in relation to low and high ABI in 4393 American Indians in the Strong Heart Study. Participants had bilateral ABI measurements at baseline and were followed up for 8.3+/-2.2 years (36 589 person-years). Cox regression was used to quantify mortality rates among participants with high and low ABI relative to those with normal ABI (0.90
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 42.59
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 35
Authors
7- HEHelaine E. ResnickCorresponding
Northwestern University, Cornell University, University Medical Center, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
- RSRobert S. Lindsay
Northwestern University, Cornell University, University Medical Center, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
- MMMary Mcdermott
Northwestern University, Cornell University, University Medical Center, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
- RBRichard B. Devereux
Northwestern University, Cornell University, University Medical Center, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
- KLKristina L. Jones
Northwestern University, Cornell University, University Medical Center, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Internal medicine
- Diabetes mellitus
- Population
- Proportional hazards model
- National Death Index
- Ankle
- Albuminuria
- Good health and well-being