Associations Between the Ankle-Brachial Index and Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality Are Similar in Individuals Without and With Type 2 Diabetes: Nineteen-year follow-up of a population-based cohort study

OBJECTIVE: In the general population, a low ankle-brachial index (ABI) (<0.9) is strongly associated with (cardiovascular) mortality. However, the association between the ABI and mortality may be weaker in individuals with diabetes, as ankle pressures may be elevated by medial arterial calcificat...

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Autors principals: Hanssen, Nordin M.J., Huijberts, Maya S., Schalkwijk, Casper G., Nijpels, Giel, Dekker, Jacqueline M., Stehouwer, Coen D.A.
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: American Diabetes Association 2012
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3402264/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22699294
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc12-0178
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