[Relationship between physical activity during leisure time and progression of ankle-brachial index].

Objective: To study the relationship between physical activity during leisure time and progression of ankle-brachial index (ABI) in the Spanish general population.

Method: Prospective, multicentre cohort study with 1941 subjects over 49 years of age, free of peripheral arterial disease at the time of recruitment of the cohort, were studied. Physical activity during leisure time variable was obtained using the VREM questionnaire.

[The relationship between physical activity in leasure time and the ankle-brachial index in a general Spanish population: The ARTPER study].

Background And Objective: High levels of daily physical activity have been shown to be linked to decreased functional impairment in peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients and positively related to the ankle brachial index (ABI) in subjects without PAD. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between leisure time physical activity (LTPA) and the ABI in a general population.

Material And Method: Baseline data from the ARTPER study cohort corresponding to 2,840 subjects>49 years from Barcelona were analyzed.