The reliability of the ankle-brachial index in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study and the NHLBI Family Heart Study (FHS)

BACKGROUND: A low ankle-brachial index (ABI) is associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, and death. Regression model parameter estimates may be biased due to measurement error when the ABI is included as a predictor in regression models, but may be corrected if the reliabili...

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Autores principales: Weatherley, Beth D, Chambless, Lloyd E, Heiss, Gerardo, Catellier, Diane J, Ellison, Curtis R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1435775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16504033
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-6-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1435775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16504033
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-6-7

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