Morbidity and mortality in hypertensive adults with a low ankle/arm blood pressure index
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A low ankle/arm blood pressure index (AAI) may predict a higher risk of death or complications from coronary heart disease (CHD) or cardiovascular disease (CVD) in elderly patients with hypertension. Hypertension is chronic high arterial blood pressure. AAI is a blood pressure measurement that compares the pressures measured in the arm and the ankle. Among 1,537 patients over 60 years old with hypertension, 25.5% had a low AAI. Individuals with a low AAI were more likely to have other major risk factors for CHD or CVD than those with a higher AAI. Three and one-third percent of the patients with a low AAI died from CHD, compared with just under 1% of those with a higher AAI. Nearly five percent of the individuals with a low AAI died from CVD, compared with 1.2% of those with a higher AAI. Patients with a low AAI also experienced more episodes reflecting cardiovascular disease.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1993
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Decreased ankle/arm blood pressure index and mortality in elderly women
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Elderly women with a low ankle/arm blood pressure index (AAI) may have higher risk of death from cardiovascular disease. AAI is a measurement used to detect the presence of arterial disease in the lower extremities. A low AAI is a reading of less than 0.9. Among 1,492 healthy white women over 65 years old, 5.5% had a low AAI. Most women with a low AAI did not have any other symptoms such as limping or lameness. Women with a low AAI had a higher risk of dying from all causes within four years than women with a higher AAI. Individuals with a low AAI also had a higher risk of dying from cancer, heart disease and different types of cardiovascular disease.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1993
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Bone mineral density and risk of breast cancer: differences by family history of breast cancer
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Bone mineral density (BMD) in elderly women may be used as biological marker for breast cancer, especially if breast cancer exists in the family. Researchers confirmed the BMD-associated risk of breast cancer in 7,250 white elderly women. Compared to women without a family history of cancer, the risk of breast cancer doubled in those who had a mother or sister with breast cancer as well as a proximal radius BMD in the highest tertile.
Publication Name: American Journal of Epidemiology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9262
Year: 1998
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