Combination of high ankle-brachial index and hard coronary heart disease Framingham Risk Score in predicting the risk of ischemic stroke in general population.

Our previous study showed that the patients with more metabolic risk factors had higher risk of high ankle-brachial index (ABI), but the relationship between high ABI and the risk of severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases is still under debate. This study aims to evaluate this associatio...

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Main Authors: Yinyin Zhang, Jie Chen, Kun Zhang, Tong Wang, Minyi Kong, Renhua Chen, Yu Liu, Jianping Chen, Zhiyu Wang, Jingfeng Wang, Hui Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4157777?pdf=render