Clinical & Experimental Cardiology

Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
Open Access

ISSN: 2155-9880

Research Article - (2017) Volume 8, Issue 7

The Prevalence of Peripheral Arterial Disease and Associated Factors among Adults in Jimma Town, South-West Ethiopia: A Community Based Survey

Afework Hagos1, Sintayehu Fekadu2, Thomas Allison3, Mekitie Wondafrash4, Abdulhalik Workicho5 and Hailu Abera Mulatu1*
1Department of Internal Medicine, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2Department of Internal Medicine, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
3Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
4Department of Human Nutrition, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
5Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
*Corresponding Author: Hailu Abera Mulatu, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, P.O. Box 1784 Code 1250, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Email:

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