|   | 
        Paroxysmall (n = 12) | 
        Persistent(n = 36) | 
        Permanent(n = 52) | 
        P value | 
       
      
        | Age    (n ± SD)  | 
        74.9 ± 6.2 | 
        72.1 ± 8.9 | 
        75.7 ± 9.3 | 
        0.19 | 
       
      
        | Sex | 
        M 6 (50%) 
          F 6 (50%) | 
        M 19 (52.8%) 
          F 17 (47.2%) | 
        M 28 (54.9%) 
          F 24 (45.1%) | 
         
          0.97 | 
       
      
        | Hypertension | 
        12 (100%) | 
        33 (91.7%) | 
        46 (88.46%) | 
        0.44 | 
       
     
      
        | Diabetes    mellitus | 
        7 (58.3%) | 
        16 (44.44%) | 
        25 (48.08%)  | 
        0.70 | 
       
      
        | Hypercholesterolemia | 
        5 (41.7%) | 
        13 (36.11%) | 
        19 (36.54%) | 
        0.93 | 
       
      
        | Smoking | 
        3 (25%) | 
        14 (38.9%) | 
        17 (32.69%) | 
        0.65 | 
       
      
        | Obesity | 
        1 (8.3%) | 
        5 (13.9%) | 
        10 (19.23%) | 
        0.59 | 
       
      
        | Familiarity    for CVD | 
        0 | 
        7 (19.44%) | 
        12 (23.08%) | 
        0.18 | 
       
      
        |  PAD | 
        4 (33.33%) | 
        17 (47.22%) | 
        21 (40.38%) | 
        0.66 | 
       
      
        | ABI  | 
        0.89 ± 0.16 | 
        0.94 ± 0.18 | 
        0.95 ± 0.17 | 
        0.64 | 
       
      
        | Coronary    artery disease | 
        3 (25%) | 
        14 (38.88%) | 
        32 (61.53%) | 
        0.023 | 
       
      
        | Cerebrovascular    disease | 
        4 (33.3%) | 
        12 (32.4%) | 
        18 (35.3%) | 
        0.01 | 
       
     
    PAD: Peripheral Artery Disease; ABI: Ankle-Brachial-Index |