American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 96, Issue 11 , Pages 1579-1583 , 1 December 2005

Relation of Inflammation to Peripheral Arterial Disease in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999–2002

  • Rachel P. Wildman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 504-988-6580; fax: 504-988-1568.
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  • Paul Muntner, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
    • Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
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  • Jing Chen, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
    • Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
    • ,
  • Kim Sutton-Tyrrell, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
    • ,
  • Jiang He, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
    • Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

Received 27 April 2005 ,Revised 7 July 2005 ,Accepted 7 July 2005.

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 Drs. Wildman and Chen received partial support for the analysis and interpretation of these data from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland (Grant 1 K12 HD43451-01).

PII: S0002-9149(05)01444-X

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.07.067

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 96, Issue 11 , Pages 1579-1583 , 1 December 2005

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