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

Son, Ji Yeon; Kim, Gui Yeon; Lee, Jong Young; Kim, Doo Hie

Original Article

Korean Journal of Preventive Medicine 1995;28(2): 364-372.

Ji Yeon Son, Gui Yeon Kim, Jong Young Lee, Doo Hie Kim

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.

Key words: PAD(peripheral arterial disease); prevalence