ENVIRONMENT-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY TO IDENTIFY NOVEL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE: EVIDENCE FROM THE NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY (1999-2004)

An environment-wide association study may be useful to test and validate associations between environmental factors and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in an unbiased manner. Data from cross-sectional cohorts from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2004) were randomly spilt