Methodological issues regarding "Decline in ankle-brachial index is stronger in poorly than in well controlled diabetes: Results from the Heinz Nixdorf Recall cohort study"

Atherosclerosis. 2019 Jul:286:179. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2019.04.216. Epub 2019 Apr 17.

Authors

Razieh Bidhendi Yarandi¹, Mohammad Hossein Panahi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Reproductive Endocrinology Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: mohammadpanahi55@yahoo.com.

PMID: 31053341
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2019.04.216

No abstract available

Keywords: Confounder; Diabetes; Epidemiologic methods; Over-parameterization.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Ankle Brachial Index
Cohort Studies
Coronary Artery Disease*
Diabetes Mellitus*
Humans