Burden of Peripheral Artery Disease on Mortality and Incident Cardiovascular Events

Using data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (United States, 2000–2015), 6,527 racially/ethnically diverse adults (mean age, 62 (standard deviation, 10) years) free of known cardiovascular (CVD) had ankle brachial index (ABI) assessment of their bilateral dorsalis pedis/posterior tibial arteries (4 vessels total) and were followed for total mortality and incident CVD events/mortality. Individuals were classified into categories of...