A systematic review for the screening for peripheral arterial disease in asymptomatic patients Fares Alahdab, MD, Amy T. Wang, MD, Tarig A. Elraiyah, MBBS, Rafael D. Malgor, MD, Adnan Z. Rizvi, MD, Melanie A. Lane, BA, Larry J. Prokop, MLS, Victor M. Montori, MD, MSc, Michael S. Conte, MD, Mohammad Hassan Murad, MD, MPH Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 61, Issue 3, Pages 42S-53S (March 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2014.12.008 Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Analytic framework. PAD, Peripheral arterial disease; RCT, randomized controlled trial. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 61, 42S-53SDOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2014.12.008) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Meta-analysis of relative association measures of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and death and cardiovascular mortality. AAM, African American men; AAW, African American women; asym, asymptomatic; CI, confidence interval; sym, symptomatic; WM, white men; WW, white women. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 61, 42S-53SDOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2014.12.008) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Results and quality of evidence. The quality of evidence is rated as high (⊕⊕⊕⊕), moderate (⊕⊕⊕O), low (⊕⊕OO), and very low (⊕OOO). ABI, Ankle-brachial index; CV, cardiovascular; FRS, Framingham Risk Score. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 61, 42S-53SDOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2014.12.008) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions