Ankle Brachial Index: Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians.

发表于：Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing (WOCN) · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.1097/WON.0000000000001217 · 被引用次数：30 · 研究领域：Medicine

Lower extremity arterial disease (LEAD) is a chronic, progressive disease. Risk factors for LEAD are advanced age, tobacco use, diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, hyperhomocysteinemia, chronic renal insufficiency, family history of cardiovascular disease and African American ethnicity (WOCN ® , 2008). Current data about prevalence and incidence of LEAD in the U.S. are limited. According to a hallmark U.S. study (N = 6979), 29% of individuals aged 70 years or older and 29% of individuals aged 50 through 69 years (that have a history of tobacco use or diabetes), had LEAD based on an ABI of less than 0.9 (Hirsch et al., 2001). More recently, investigators in a population-based study in Sweden (N = 5080), reported the prevalence of LEAD was 18% (Sigvant et al., 2007).