title: [Prevalence of an abnormal ankle-brachial index in the Republic of Tatarstan].
abstract: The ankle-brachial index (ABI) was determined in a total of 1,751 employees of industrial enterprises of the Republic of Tatarstan aged from 45 to 84 years old (mean age 55,3 ± 0,14 years). An abnormal ABI was registered in 5,1% of the examined people (4,1% in the age group from 45 to 55 years, 5,4% in 56-65-year-old patients, and 12,1% in subjects over 65 years (p=0,001). An abnormal ABI was registered in 8.3% of men, and 3,1% of women (p=0,000), in 4,1% of rural population, 5,9% (p=0,138) of urban population, in 14,8% (p=0,000) of smokers, and in 45,4% (p = 0,000) of patients with a history of a cardiovascular event.
authors: A V
authors: AV
authors: Maksimov
authors: É A
authors: ÉA
authors: Gaĭsina
authors: M V
authors: MV
authors: Plotnikov
authors: R M
authors: RM
authors: Nuretdinov
authors: A K
authors: AK
authors: Feĭskhanov
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D055109:Ankle Brachial Index / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D058070:Asymptomatic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D058729:Peripheral Arterial Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology