Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 610-615 , March 2010

Gender and ethnic differences in arterial compliance in patients with intermittent claudication

  • Andrew W. Gardner, PhD

      Affiliations

    • CMRI Diabetes and Metabolic Research Program, Harold Hamm Oklahoma Diabetes Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Okla
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Andrew W. Gardner, PhD, Hobbs-Recknagel Professor, General Clinical Research Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 1122 N.E. 13th Street, Suite 150, Oklahoma City, OK 73117
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  • Polly S. Montgomery, MS

      Affiliations

    • CMRI Diabetes and Metabolic Research Program, Harold Hamm Oklahoma Diabetes Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Okla
    • ,
  • Steve M. Blevins, MD

      Affiliations

    • General Internal Medicine Section, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Okla
    • ,
  • Donald E. Parker, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Okla

Received 5 August 2009 ,Accepted 30 September 2009.

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 This research was supported by grants from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) (R01-AG-24296; AWG), by a Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology grant (HR04-113S; AWG), and by the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center General Clinical Research Center grant (M01-RR-14467), sponsored by the National Center for Research Resources from the National Institutes of Health.

 The final peer-reviewed version of this manuscript is subject to the NIH Public Access Policy, and will be submitted to PubMed Central.

 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)02097-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.09.059

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 610-615 , March 2010

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