Risk of peripheral artery disease following ankylosing spondylitis, 2012-2023: a nationwide cohort study in South Korea.
OBJECTIVE Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease linked to systemic vascular complications. Evidence regarding the association between AS and peripheral artery disease (PAD) remains limited. We investigated whether patients with AS have an increased risk of PAD using a nationwide cohort in South...