Ankle-brachial index in HIV infection

Table 1 Prevalence of abnormal ABI in each series

Study	Type of patients	N	Male (%)	Age in years (mean)	ABI≤0.9 N (%)	ABI≥1.3 N (%)	ABI≥1.4 N (%)
Sharma et al. [25]	Women (73.9% black)	238	0	39.6	3 (0.9)^a	NM	17 (7.2)
Periard et al. [22]	Age >40 years	92	76.1	49.5	19 (20.7)^b	NM	NM
Bernal et al. [24]	With ≥2 CVRF	91	87.9	50	4 (4.39)	NM	NM
Gutiérrez et al. [26]	Consecutive patients	139	72.7	45.8	4 (2.88)	NM	4 (2.88)
Palacios et al. [23]	Age ≥50 years	99	82.8	58.6	10 (10.2)	NM	NM
Olalla et al. [27]	Consecutive patients	147	82.3	43.9	4 (2.7)	29 (19.7)	8 (5.4)^c

^a: the prevalence of 0.9% refers to the joint cohort of women with and without HIV (total of 335 patients). No report is given of the separate prevalence for each group.
NM: not mentioned.
^b: the prevalence includes ABI <0.9 at rest and after exercise (9.8% and 10.9%, respectively).
CVRF: cardiovascular risk factors
NM: not mentioned.
^c: data not published; the report only refers to the total number of patients with ABI <0.9 or >1.3.

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