Low Ankle-Brachial Pressure Index Predicts Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Independent of the Metabolic Syndrome and Conventional Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Edinburgh Artery Study
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vol. 29 no. 3 637-642
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- December 2, 2005
- September 2, 2005
- Published in print February 27, 2006.
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- Sarah H. Wild, FRCPE1,
- Christopher D. Byrne, FRCP2,
- Felicity B. Smith, PHD1,
- Amanda J. Lee, PHD3 and
- F. Gerald R. Fowkes, FRCPE1
- 1Public Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 2Department of Endocrinology, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, U.K.
- 3Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Foresterhill Health Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Sarah Wild, Public Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Pl., Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, Scotland. E-mail: sarah.wild{at}ed.ac.uk