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SUBMITTER: Hsu WY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4752502 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hsu Wen-Yu WY Lin Cheng-Li CL Kao Chia-Hung CH
PloS one 20160212 2
<h4>Purpose</h4>Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is considered the leading cause of atherosclerotic cardiovascular morbidity. Several risk factors of PAD have been observed in patients with schizophrenia. Therefore, we hypothesize that the incidence of PAD is higher in the schizophrenia population than in the general population.<h4>Methods</h4>The patients in this population-based cohort study were selected from the Taiwanese National Health Insurance Research Database on the basis of the claim ...[more]