Prevalence of peripheral arterial disease and related risk factors in Turkish elders

BMC Family Practice

Research Article

Ozalp Karabay¹  Teoman Yesilkayali²  Nil Tekin²  Muammer Baskan² 

[1] Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Dokuz Eylul University Hospital, Balcova, Izmir, Turkey;Narlidere Geriatric Care Center and Residential Home, Narlidere, Izmir, Turkey;

关键词: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease;    Clopidogrel;    Family Physician;    Peripheral Arterial Disease;    Ankle Brachial Index;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2296-12-96

 received in 2011-01-27, accepted in 2011-09-19,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundIt is known that prevalence of peripheral arterial disease being a widespread atherosclerotic vascular disease increases by age. On the other hand, no comprehensive study showing the prevalence of peripheral arterial disease in Turkish elders is seen. In this study, it is aimed to assess prevalence of peripheral arterial disease and related risk factors in Turkish elders in primary health center.Methods507 elderly staying at Narlidere Geriatric Care Center and Residential Home and accepting to participate in the study were included in the study. Epidemiological data for diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease, risk factors, findings of physical examination and ankle brachial index measurements were assessed in the study. Data were analyzed in terms of prevalence of peripheral arterial disease, age and gender relation and other cardiovascular risk factors.ResultsOf the participants, 317 (62.5%) were female. The mean age was 77.61 ± 6.93 years (62-102). The most wide-spread chronic diseases in elderly included hypertension, coronary artery disease, hyperlipidemia and Type 2 DM, respectively. On the other hand, only 7 (1.4%) elderly were diagnosed with peripheral arterial disease. The number of elderly ABI of whom was measured as < 0.90 and sent to cardiovascular surgery polyclinic with the diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease was assessed as 30 (5.9%). Intermittent claudication was seen in about half of these patients.ConclusionsPeripheral arterial disease is expected to be seen prevailing in elderly. However, it was determined at very low rate before the study due to the fact that the disease cannot be diagnosed clinically especially in early-period. Peripheral arterial disease determined in the study is lower than expected as per the age group. This can be associated with practices of geriatrics nursing and family practice including continuous care to reduce cardiovascular risk factors of patients staying at the unit.

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