Cases with PAD
(n = 42)
Controls with PAD
(n = 27)
Cases without PAD
(n = 58)
Controls without PAD
(n = 73)
P value
<0.05
Age (n ± SD)
72.6 ± 9.73
74.22 ± 9.7
75.45 ± 8.75
72.1 ± 8.99
0.18
Males
23 (54.76%)
15 (55.55%)
30 (51.72%)
40 (54.79%)
0.98
Females
19 (45.24%)
12 (44.45%)
28 (49.12%)
33 (45.2%)
0.98
Hypertension
35 (83.33%)
25 (92.59%)
56 (96.55%)
67 (91.78%)
0.13
Diabetes mellitus
20 (47.61%)
21 (77.77%)
28 (48.27%)
19 (26.02%)
<0.0001
Hypercholesterolemia
19 (45.23%)
22 (81.48%)
18 (31.03%)
13 (17.80%)
<0.0001
Smoking
15 (35.71%)
20 (74.07%)
19 (32.75%)
10 (13.69%)
<0.0001
Obesity
5 (11.90%)
7 (25.92%)
11 (18.96%)
7 (9.59%)
0.15
Familiarity for CVD
10 (2.38%)
5 (18.52%)
9 (15.52%)
15 (20.54%)
0.76
Coronary artery disease
28 (66.66%)
12 (44.44%)
21 (36.20%)
14 (19.18%)
<0.0001
Cerebrovascular disease
16 (38.09%)
9 (33.33%)
18 (31.03%)
7 (9.59%)
0.0016
CVD: Cardiovascular Disease; PAD: Peripheral Artery Disease
Table 2:
Clinical characteristics of Cases and Controls groups stratified according to the lack or presence of PAD.
