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.
Artigo
em Coreano
| WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
| ID: wpr-224039
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WPRO
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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Base de dados:
WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
Assunto principal:
População Rural
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Fumaça
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Pressão Sanguínea
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Fumar
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Prevalência
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Inquéritos e Questionários
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de prevalência
Aspecto:
Determinantes sociais da saúde
Limite:
Idoso
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Korean Journal of Preventive Medicine
Ano de publicação:
1995
Tipo de documento:
Artigo