Titre : | Prevalence of varicose veins and chronic venous insufficiency in men and women in the general population : Edinburgh Vein Study. (1999) |
Auteurs : | C.J. EVANS ; F.G.R. FOWKES ; A.J. LEE ; C.V. RUCKLEY ; Wolfson Unit for Prevention of Peripheral Vascular Diseases. Department of Public Health Sciences. University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh. GBR |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Journal of epidemiology and community health (vol. 53, n° 3, 1999) |
Pagination : | 149-153 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Varice ; Homme ; Sexe ; Age ; Ecosse ; Grande Bretagne ; Royaume Uni ; Europe ; Epidémiologie ; Prévalence ; Etat santé ; Appareil circulatoire [pathologie] ; Vaisseau sanguin [pathologie] |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST VaixR0xT. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Study objective-To determine the prevalence of varicose veins and chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) in the general population. Design-Cross sectional survey. Setting-City of Edinburgh. Participants-Men and women aged 18-64 years selected randomly from age-sex registers of 12 general practices. Main results-In 1566 subjects examined, the age adjusted prevalence of trunk varices was 40% in men and 32% in women (p |