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Risk Factors for Symptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease in Older Persons in an Academic Hospital‐Based Geriatrics Practice

Jose Ness, Wilbert S. Aronow, Chul‐Min Ahn

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2000 · 96 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

Significant independent risk factors for symptomatic PAD in older men and women were age, cigarette smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, serum HDL cholesterol (inverse association), and serum LDL cholesterol.

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