Global, regional, and national prevalence and risk factors for peripheral artery disease in 2015: an updated systematic review and analysis

BackgroundPeripheral artery disease is a major cardiovascular disease that affected 202 million people worldwide in 2010. In the past decade, new epidemiological data on peripheral artery disease have emerged, enabling us to provide updated estimates of the prevalence and risk factors for peripheral artery disease globally and regionally and, for the first time, nationally.MethodsFor this systematic review and analysis, we did a comprehensive...