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Figure 1 3- and 6-Year All-Cause Mortality and CVD Events by ABI Category, Vascular Laboratory Patients, San Diego, California, Recruited 1990 to 1994

Mortality model are logistic, morbidity/mortality model is Cox. Models adjusted for age, gender, race, body mass index, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, log triglycerides, diabetes, hypertension, pack-years smoking, smoking status (current/past/never), history of coronary heart disease, history of stroke, claudication status and history of surgery for peripheral artery disease. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001. ABI = ankle-brachial index; CVD = cardiovascular disease.