Descripción de factores de riesgo cardiovascular de una muestra de pacientes con isquemia crítica de miembros inferiores

The Modification of Diet in Renal Disease 4-calculated glomerular filtration rate is a better prognostic factor of cardiovascular events than classical cardiovascular risk factors in patients with peripheral arterial disease

“…20 Our results agree with those reported by Goessens et al 9 Other studies have reported that smoking is not a risk factor for cardiovascular events in patients with established PAD. 14,29,30 The prevalence of DM was slightly higher in our sample than in other studies, 28,31 which may be because our diabetic population was aged. According to Aboyans et al, 32 DM is related more to small-vessel disease than to large-vessel disease.…”

“…[24][25][26] The cohort that we studied was dominated by men (73%), a sex distribution similar to that found in other studies. 27,28 Men sustained an increase in death. As expected, age was significant in global mortality (increase of 11% per year), with the mean age the same as reported by other authors.…”