Associations of Obesity With Incident Hospitalization Related to Peripheral Artery Disease and Critical Limb Ischemia in the ARIC Study

Associations of Obesity With Incident Hospitalization Related to Peripheral Artery Disease and Critical Limb Ischemia in the ARIC Study

Background We conducted an analysis of data from the ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) study to assess the independent association of obesity with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and critical limb ischemia (CLI). Methods and Results All black and white ARIC participants without prevalent PA...

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Main Authors: Caitlin W. Hicks, Chao Yang, Chiadi E. Ndumele, Aaron R. Folsom, Gerardo Heiss, James H. Black, Elizabeth Selvin, Kunihiro Matsushita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-08-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities)
critical limb ischemia
obesity
peripheral artery disease
peripheral vascular disease
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.118.008644

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