Abstract
We report a prospective 2-year, multicenter study of patients presenting with intermittent claudication (IC; ankle brachial blood pressure index, ABPI ≤ 0.9). Mean age of the 473 patients enrolled was 68 years, 20% were diabetics, 30% had prior symptomatic coronary heart disease (CHD), 7% had prior stroke, and 39% were current smokers. At baseline, 26.2% of patients had BP ≤ 140/85 mm Hg or lower and at 2 years this figure was 32.5% (P = .01). Current smokers had fallen to 27% (from 39%) at 2 years (P
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 111-8 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Angiology |
Volume | 62 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2011 |
Keywords
- Aged
- Ambulatory Care
- Cardiovascular Agents
- Female
- Great Britain
- Humans
- Intermittent Claudication
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Prospective Studies
- Registries
- Risk Factors
- Survival Rate
- Time Factors