title: Relationship between lipid parameters and the presence of peripheral arterial disease in elderly patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship between various lipid parameters and the presence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional analysis of the observational epidemiological getABI study (German epidemiological trial on Ankle Brachial Index) with 6,880 unselected elderly patients in 344 primary care centers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the multivariate analysis, the strength of the association between the various lipid parameters and PAD was found to be generally limited, when accounting for other risk factors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings are in contrast to previous studies. While lipid levels alone cannot be used for supporting the PAD diagnosis or the risk factor for these patients, this should not preclude PAD patients from receiving adequate lipid lowering treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Vascular Medicine, Klinikum Karlsbad-Langensteinbach, Affiliated Teaching Hospital, Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg, Germany. curt.diehm@kkl.srh.de
authors.forename: Curt
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Diehm
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lange
authors.forename: Hans Joachim
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Trampisch
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haberl
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Darius
authors.forename: Berndt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: von Stritzky
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pittrow
authors.forename: Gerhart
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tepohl
authors.forename: Jens Rainer
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Allenberg
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids