The impact of sociademographic factors on the incidence of peripheral arterial disease and mortality in the elderly in a primary care setting - results from the getABI trial
- Conditions
- I70.20
- Registration Number
- DRKS00014099
- Lead Sponsor
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 6880
Inclusion Criteria
legal competence, Family doctor patient at the start of the study in October 2001
Exclusion Criteria
life expectancy less than 6 months
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method onset of peripheral artery disease, death<br><br>Peripheral arterial disease defined by an ankle-brachial index <0,9 at one of the check-ups after 1, 3,5 or 7 years. <br>Death is determined by information in the doctor's documentation form or by a query to the residents' registration office.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method