The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 9 , Pages 874.e1-874.e7 , September 2009

White Blood Cell Count Predicts All-Cause Mortality in Patients with Suspected Peripheral Arterial Disease

  • Faisal A. Arain, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Gonda Vascular Center and Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Faisal A. Arain, MD, Vascular Medicine Fellow, Gonda Vascular Center and Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905
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  • Mahyar Khaleghi, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Gonda Vascular Center and Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
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  • Kent R. Bailey, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
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  • Brian D. Lahr, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
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  • Thom W. Rooke, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Gonda Vascular Center and Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
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  • Iftikhar J. Kullo, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Gonda Vascular Center and Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn

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 Funding: Supported by National Institutes of Health grants HL75794 and HL81331. Dr Arain is supported by the National Institutes of Health Vascular Medicine Training Program K12 grant (HL 083797).

 Conflict of Interest: None.

 Authorship: All authors had access to the data and played a role in writing this manuscript.

PII: S0002-9343(09)00331-3

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.02.020

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 9 , Pages 874.e1-874.e7 , September 2009