Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 624-631 , September 2010

Leg strength predicts mortality in men but not in women with peripheral arterial disease

  • Nimarta Singh, BA

      Affiliations

    • Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill
    • ,
  • Kiang Liu, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill
    • ,
  • Lu Tian, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Stanford University, Palos Altos, Calif
    • ,
  • Michael H. Criqui, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of California at San Diego, San Diego, Calif
    • ,
  • Jack M. Guralnik, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Md
    • ,
  • Luigi Ferrucci, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Md
    • ,
  • Yihua Liao, MS

      Affiliations

    • Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill
    • ,
  • Mary M. McDermott, MD

      Affiliations

    • Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr Mary M. McDermott, 750 N. Lake Shore Dr., 10th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611

Received 22 February 2010 ,Accepted 26 March 2010.

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 Supported by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (R01-HL58099, R01-HL64739, R01-HL071223, and R01-HL076298) and the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health (#RR-00048) and by the Intramural Research Program, National Institutes on Aging, National Institutes of Health.

 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(10)00889-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.03.066

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 624-631 , September 2010

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