Global and regional burden of death and disability from peripheral artery disease: 21 world regions, 1990 to 2010
UKA Sampson, FGR Fowkes, MM McDermott… - Global heart, 2014 - Elsevier
A comprehensive and systematic assessment of disability and mortality due to lower
extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) is lacking. Therefore, we estimated PAD deaths,
disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), and years of life lost in 21 regions worldwide for 1990
and 2010. We used the GBD (Global Burden of Diseases 2010) study causes of death
database, and the cause of death ensemble modeling approach to assess levels and trends
of PAD deaths and years of life lost over time, by age, sex, and region. Assessment of …
extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) is lacking. Therefore, we estimated PAD deaths,
disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), and years of life lost in 21 regions worldwide for 1990
and 2010. We used the GBD (Global Burden of Diseases 2010) study causes of death
database, and the cause of death ensemble modeling approach to assess levels and trends
of PAD deaths and years of life lost over time, by age, sex, and region. Assessment of …
