Abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) and ankle-brachial index (ABI) predict health care costs and utilization in older men, independent of prevalent clinical cardiovascular disease and each other

Abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) and low ankle-brachial index (ABI) are markers of multisite atherosclerosis. We sought to estimate their associations in older men with health care costs and utilization adjusted for each other, and after accounting for CVD risk factors and prevalent CVD diagnoses.

Source: Atherosclerosis - January 17, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: John T. Schousboe, Tien N. Vo, Lisa Langsetmo, Selcuk Adabag, Pawel Szulc, Joshua R. Lewis, Allyson M. Kats, Brent C. Taylor, Kristine E. Ensrud Source Type: research