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

Sarah H. Wild; Christopher D. Byrne; Felicity B. Smith; Amanda J. Lee; F. Gerald R. Fowkes

doi:10.2337/diacare.29.03.06.dc05-1637

Cardiovascular and Metabolic Risk

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

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

Diabetes Care 2006 Mar; 29(3): 637-642. https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.29.03.06.dc05-1637

Article Information

vol. 29 no. 3 637-642

DOI

https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.29.03.06.dc05-1637

PubMed

16505519

Published By

American Diabetes Association

Print ISSN

0149-5992

Online ISSN

1935-5548

History

December 2, 2005
September 2, 2005
Published in print February 27, 2006.

DIABETES CARE

Author Information

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

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