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Ankle-brachial index and incident diabetes mellitus: the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study

BACKGROUND: Individuals with peripheral artery disease (PAD) often have reduced physical activity, which may increase the future risk of diabetes mellitus. Although diabetes is a risk factor for PAD, whether low ankle-brachial index (ABI) predates diabetes has not been studied. METHODS: We examined...

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Autores principales: Hua, Simin, Loehr, Laura R., Tanaka, Hirofumi, Heiss, Gerardo, Coresh, Josef, Selvin, Elizabeth, Matsushita, Kunihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5142100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27923363
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12933-016-0476-4