@article{3a177cc239c04f2dab39b9dbf2232ba3,
title = "Development and validation of an ankle brachial index risk model for the prediction of cardiovascular events",
abstract = "Background: The ankle brachial index (ABI) is related to risk of cardiovascular events independent of the Framingham risk score (FRS). The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate a risk model for cardiovascular events incorporating the ABI and FRS. Design: An analysis of participant data from 18 cohorts in which 24,375 men and 20,377 women free of coronary heart disease had ABI measured and were followed up for events. Methods: Subjects were divided into a development and internal validation dataset and an external validation dataset. Two models, comprising FRS and FRS+ABI, were fitted for the primary outcome of major coronary events.",
keywords = "Ankle brachial index, cardiovascular diseases, risk assessment",
author = "Fowkes, \{F. G.R.\} and Murray, \{G. D.\} and I. Butcher and Folsom, \{A. R.\} and Hirsch, \{A. T.\} and Couper, \{D. J.\} and G. Debacker and M. Kornitzer and Newman, \{A. B.\} and Sutton-Tyrrell, \{K. C.\} and M. Cushman and Lee, \{A. J.\} and Price, \{J. F.\} and D'Agostino, \{R. B.\} and Murabito, \{J. M.\} and Norman, \{P. E.\} and Masaki, \{K. H.\} and Bouter, \{L. M.\} and Heine, \{R. J.\} and Stehouwer, \{C. D.A.\} and McDermott, \{M. M.\} and Stoffers, \{H. E.J.H.\} and Knottnerus, \{J. A.\} and M. Ogren and B. Hedblad and W. Koenig and C. Meisinger and Cauley, \{J. A.\} and Franco, \{O. H.\} and Hunink, \{M. G.M.\} and A. Hofman and Witteman, \{J. C.\} and Criqui, \{M. H.\} and Langer, \{R. D.\} and Hiatt, \{W. R.\} and Hamman, \{R. F.\}",
note = "Funding Information: The ARIC study was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (contracts HHSN268201100005C, -06C, -07C, -08C, -09C, -10C, -11C, and -12C).",
year = "2014",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1177/2047487313516564",
language = "English",
volume = "21",
pages = "310--320",
journal = "European Journal of Preventive Cardiology",
issn = "2047-4873",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "3",
}