Korean J Prev Med.  1995 Jun;28(2):364-372.

Prevalence of Preipheral arterial diseases(PAD) used by edinburgh claudication questionnaire among the elderly people in rural communities

• Son JY
• Kim GY
• Lee JY
• Kim DH

Abstract

Peripheral arterial disease(PAD) is a major health problem in the elderly population, so prevalence of PAD is investigated using Edinburgh claudication questionnaire. Subjects were over 65 years old in the kyeongsan county. The prevalence of PAD was 9.0% in total population(8.5% in men, 9.3% in women). definite claudication was 3.9%, atypical claudication was 5.l%. and, grade 1 was 4.4%, grade 2 was 4.6%. The prevalence of PAD was increased with age but not statistically significant. There was no difference of PAD by gender and smoking. PAD was significantly associated with systolic blood pressure positively. But, unexpectedly, PAD was significantly associated with BMl negatively. PAD are important elderly health problem in the our country. so the etiology and preventive methods of PAD will be researched on our country population.

Keyword

PAD(peripheral arterial disease); prevalence

MeSH Terms

Aged*
Blood Pressure
Humans
Male
Prevalence*
Surveys and Questionnaires*
Rural Population*
Smoke
Smoking
Smoke