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June 7, 2007, 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318063ef5c
Persistent Depressive Symptoms and Functional Decline Among Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease
Bernice Ruo, MD,
Kiang Liu, PhD,
Lu Tian, ScD,
Jin Tan, MS,
Luigi Ferrucci, MD, PhD,
Jack M. Guralnik, MD, PhD and
Mary M. McDermott, MD
From the Department of Medicine (B.R., M.M.M.), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; the Department of Preventive Medicine (K.L., L.T., J.T., M.M.M.), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology (L.F.), Baltimore, Maryland, National Institute on Aging; and Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry (J.M.G.), National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Figure 2. Adjusted annual change in (A) 6-minute walk distance, (B) fast 4-meter walking velocity, and (C) short physical performance battery, by depressive symptom category among persons with peripheral arterial disease. *p < .05 compared with no depressive symptoms.
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Figure 3. Adjusted magnitudes of annual change in 6-minute walk distance for various clinical factors among persons with peripheral arterial disease. The lines around the point estimates represent 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
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Figure 4. Adjusted magnitudes of annual change in fast 4-meter walking velocity for various clinical factors among persons with peripheral arterial disease. The lines around the point estimates represent 95% CIs.
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Figure 5. Adjusted magnitudes of annual change in short physical performance battery for various clinical factors among persons with peripheral arterial disease. The lines around the point estimates represent 95% CIs.
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