Abstract | OBJECTIVE: DESIGN: A retrospective analysis of charts from all older persons seen from January 1, 1998, through June 15, 1999, at an academic, hospital-based geriatrics practice. SETTING: An academic, hospital-based geriatrics practice staffed by fellows in a geriatrics training program and full-time faculty geriatricians. PATIENTS: A total of 467 men, mean age 80 +/- 8 years, and 1444 women, mean age 81 +/- 8 years, were included in the study. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Symptomatic PAD was present in 93 of 467 men (20%) and in 191 of 1444 women (13%) (P = .001). Significant risk factors for symptomatic PAD by univariate analysis were: age (P = .021 in women); cigarette smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, serum total cholesterol, serum high-density lipoprotein ( HDL) cholesterol (inverse association), and serum low-density lipoprotein ( LDL) cholesterol (P < .001 in men and women); obesity (P = .013 in men and .002 in women); and serum triglycerides (P = .027 in women). Significant independent risk factors for symptomatic PAD by stepwise logistic regression analysis were: age (odds ratio = 1.052 in men and 1.025 in women); cigarette smoking (odds ratio = 2.552 in men and 4.634 in women); hypertension (odds ratio = 2.196 in men and 2.777 in women); diabetes mellitus (odds ratio = 6.054 in men and 3.594 in women); serum HDL cholesterol (odds ratio = .948 in men and .965 in women); and serum LDL cholesterol (odds ratio = 1.019 in men and women). CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | J Ness, W S Aronow, C Ahn |
Journal | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
(J Am Geriatr Soc)
Vol. 48
Issue 3
Pg. 312-4
(Mar 2000)
ISSN: 0002-8614 [Print] United States |
PMID | 10733059
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Academic Medical Centers
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Chi-Square Distribution
- Diabetes Complications
- Female
- Humans
- Hyperlipidemias
(complications)
- Hypertension
(complications)
- Logistic Models
- Male
- Peripheral Vascular Diseases
(epidemiology, etiology)
- Retrospective Studies
- Risk Factors
- Smoking
(adverse effects)
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