Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 673-678 , March 2010

Combined effects of smoking and peripheral arterial disease on all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in a Chinese male cohort

  • Yingyi Luo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Shanghai Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai, China
    • Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Center, Tongji University School of Medicines, Shanghai, China
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  • Xiankai Li, MD

      Affiliations

    • Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Center, Tongji University School of Medicines, Shanghai, China
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  • Jue Li, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Center, Tongji University School of Medicines, Shanghai, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jue Li, MD, PhD, Tongji University School of Medicine, Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Research Center, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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  • Xiaoming Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Shanghai Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai, China
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  • Yongxia Qiao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Center, Tongji University School of Medicines, Shanghai, China
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  • Dayi Hu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Center, Tongji University School of Medicines, Shanghai, China
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  • Philip A. Merriam, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Mass
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  • Yunsheng Ma, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Mass

Received 16 July 2009 ,Accepted 12 September 2009.

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    All-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality according to peripheral arterial disease (PAD)/smoker group, the ankle-brachial index (ABI) Cohort Study, 3-years follow-up, (n = 1712).

    All-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality according to peripheral arterial disease (PAD)/smoker group, the ankle-brachial index (ABI) Cohort Study, 3-years follow-up, (n = 1712).

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    a, Kaplan-Meier curves for subjects of peripheral arterial disease (PAD)/smoker groups from all-cause mortality, the ankle-brachial index (ABI) Cohort Study, 3-years follow-up. b, Kaplan-Meier curves

    a, Kaplan-Meier curves for subjects of peripheral arterial disease (PAD)/smoker groups from all-cause mortality, the ankle-brachial index (ABI) Cohort Study, 3-years follow-up. b, Kaplan-Meier curves for subjects of PAD/smoker groups from CVD mortality, the ABI Cohort Study, 3-years follow-up.

 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)01910-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.09.024

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 673-678 , March 2010

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