Ankle-to-brachial ratio index underestimates the prevalence of peripheral occlusive disease in diabetic patients at high risk for arterial disease

Diabetes Care. 2009 Apr;32(4):e44. doi: 10.2337/dc08-2015.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Ankle Brachial Index / methods*
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / diagnosis
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Diabetic Angiopathies / epidemiology*
  • Female
  • Glomerular Filtration Rate
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Peripheral Vascular Diseases / diagnosis
  • Peripheral Vascular Diseases / epidemiology
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Factors
  • Tibial Arteries / physiopathology