Abstract:While the prevalence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is increasing globally, both in high, middle and low income countries, 1 this Spanish report from the Girona region shows the lowest incidence of PAD reported so far, 377/100,000 person years. 2 This author group has previously reported a PAD prevalence of 4.5% in the REGICOR study population, 3 while Baena-Diez 4 showed a corresponding incidence of 484/100,000 person years. These studies included men and women in the same age range (35e79 and 35e84 yea… Show more
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