Prevalence of Preipheral arterial diseases(PAD) used by edinburgh claudication questionnaire among the elderly people in rural communities / 예방의학회지
Korean Journal of Preventive Medicine
;
: 364-372, 1995.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-224039
ABSTRACT
Peripheral arterial disease(PAD) is a major health problem in the elderly population, so prevalence of PAD is investigated using Edinburgh claudication questionnaire. Subjects were over 65 years old in the kyeongsan county. The prevalence of PAD was 9.0% in total population(8.5% in men, 9.3% in women). definite claudication was 3.9%, atypical claudication was 5.l%. and, grade 1 was 4.4%, grade 2 was 4.6%. The prevalence of PAD was increased with age but not statistically significant. There was no difference of PAD by gender and smoking. PAD was significantly associated with systolic blood pressure positively. But, unexpectedly, PAD was significantly associated with BMl negatively. PAD are important elderly health problem in the our country. so the etiology and preventive methods of PAD will be researched on our country population.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Rural Population
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Smoke
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Blood Pressure
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Smoking
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Prevalence
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Surveys and Questionnaires
Type of study:
Prevalence study
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Preventive Medicine
Year:
1995
Type:
Article
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