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GENERAL PRACTICE
Use of ankle brachial pressure index to predict cardiovascular events and death: a cohort study G C Leng, F G R Fowkes, A J Lee, J Dunbar, E Housley, C V Ruckley Abstract Objective-To determine whether a low ankle brachial pressure index is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events and death, and whether the prediction of such events could be improved by including this index. Design-Cohort study. Setting- 11 practices in Edinburgh, Scotland. Subjects-1592 men and women aged 55-74 years selected at random from the age-sex registers of 11 general practices and followed up for 5 years. Main outcome measures-Incidence of fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events and all cause
mortality. Results-At baseline 90 (5.7%) of subjects had an ankle brachial pressure index
