Abstract
AIMS: We determined the 6-year incidence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in a French population and assessed the association of glucose metabolism, smoking, cardiovascular risk factors and physical activity with incident PAD. METHODS: Participants from the French Data from a Epidemiological Study on the Insulin Resistance Syndrome (DESIR) were studied. Participants analysed were 30-65 years (at baseline) and had complete data (n=3805) after 6 years of follow-up. Diabetes was diagnosed according to the 1999 WHO criteria on the basis of fasting plasma glucose ......
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 84 - 89 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Atherosclerosis |
Volume | 190 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |