Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 1391-1398 , December 2009

Impact of peripheral arterial disease on health status: A comparison with chronic heart failure

Received 23 May 2009 ,Accepted 27 July 2009.

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    Overview of patients included in this study.

    Overview of patients included in this study.

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    Distribution of health status scores in PAD and CHF. Mean (closed circle), median (horizontal line), 25th to 75th percentile (box), and range (whiskers) of summary component scale scores by medical co

    Distribution of health status scores in PAD and CHF. Mean (closed circle), median (horizontal line), 25th to 75th percentile (box), and range (whiskers) of summary component scale scores by medical condition. CHF, Chronic heart failure; PAD, Peripheral arterial disease.

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    Prevalence (%) of impaired health status (lowest tertile) stratified by medical condition. CHF, chronic heart failure; PAD, Peripheral arterial disease. *PAD coded as 1, and CHF coded as 0. †CHF coded

    Prevalence (%) of impaired health status (lowest tertile) stratified by medical condition. CHF, chronic heart failure; PAD, Peripheral arterial disease. *PAD coded as 1, and CHF coded as 0. CHF coded as 1, and PAD coded as 0.

 Competition of interest: none.

 The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the JVS policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a competition of interest.

PII: S0741-5214(09)01581-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.07.109

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 1391-1398 , December 2009