Anaemia, iron and vitamin deficits in patients with peripheral arterial disease.
retrospective_cohort · Level III
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 21353606.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.01.017.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
Anaemia can compromise muscle and organ function. Related iron and vitamin body stores have seldom been assessed in patients with peripheral arterial disease. We retrospectively analysed basal prevalence of anaemia, iron, B(12)-vitamin and folic acid deficits in 420 patients with claudication and 204 patients with critical limb ischaemia (CLI). The prevalence of the evaluated parameters was 9.8%, 6.7%, 6.7% and 2.9% among patients with claudication but 49.5%, 31.9%, 15.7% and 6.4% among CLI patients, respectively (p < 0.05 for all). Anaemia, iron and vitamin deficits are uncommon among patients with ischemic claudication but very prevalent among patients with CLI.
Medical subject headings
- Anemia
- Folic Acid Deficiency
- Iron Deficiencies
- Ischemia
- Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Vitamin B 12 Deficiency