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Prevalence of varicose veins and chronic venous insufficiency in men and women in the general population: Edinburgh Vein Study.
J Epidemiol Community Health. 1999 Mar; 53(3):149-53.JE

Abstract

STUDY OBJECTIVE

To determine the prevalence of varicose veins and chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) in the general population.

DESIGN

Cross sectional survey.

SETTING

City of Edinburgh.

PARTICIPANTS

Men and women aged 18-64 years selected randomly from age-sex registers of 12 general practices.

MAIN RESULTS

In 1566 subjects examined, the age adjusted prevalence of trunk varices was 40% in men and 32% in women (p < or = 0.01). This sex difference was mostly a result of higher prevalence of mild trunk varices in men. More than 80% of all subjects had mild hyphenweb and reticular varices. The age adjusted prevalence of CVI was 9% in men and 7% in women (p < or = 0.05). The prevalence of all categories of varices and of CVI increased with age (p < or = 0.001). No relation was found with social class.

CONCLUSIONS

Approximately one third of men and women aged 18-64 years had trunk varices. In contrast with the findings in most previous studies, mainly conducted in the 1960s and 1970s, chronic venous insufficiency and mild varicose veins were more common in men than women. No evidence of bias in the study was found to account for this sex difference. Changes in lifestyle or other factors might be contributing to an alteration in the epidemiology of venous disease.

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Authors+Show Affiliations

Evans CJ
Wolfson Unit for Prevention of Peripheral Vascular Diseases, University of Edinburgh.
Fowkes FG
No affiliation info available
Ruckley CV
No affiliation info available
Lee AJ
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AdolescentAdultBiasCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansLife StyleMaleMiddle AgedPrevalenceRisk FactorsSocial ClassUnited KingdomVaricose VeinsVenous Insufficiency

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

10396491

Clinical Trial Links

Compression Stockings Therapy Following Mechano-Chemical Ablation (Clarivein®)
Varicose Vein Education and Informed coNsent (VVEIN) Study
Cyanoacrylate Closure for Treatment of Venous Leg Ulcers

Citation

Evans, C J., et al. "Prevalence of Varicose Veins and Chronic Venous Insufficiency in Men and Women in the General Population: Edinburgh Vein Study." Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 53, no. 3, 1999, pp. 149-53.
Evans CJ, Fowkes FG, Ruckley CV, et al. Prevalence of varicose veins and chronic venous insufficiency in men and women in the general population: Edinburgh Vein Study. J Epidemiol Community Health. 1999;53(3):149-53.
Evans, C. J., Fowkes, F. G., Ruckley, C. V., & Lee, A. J. (1999). Prevalence of varicose veins and chronic venous insufficiency in men and women in the general population: Edinburgh Vein Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 53(3), 149-53.
Evans CJ, et al. Prevalence of Varicose Veins and Chronic Venous Insufficiency in Men and Women in the General Population: Edinburgh Vein Study. J Epidemiol Community Health. 1999;53(3):149-53. PubMed PMID: 10396491.
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