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. 2024 Sep 16;20(18):e1154–e1162. doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-24-00037

Table 1. Baseline demographics.

Total
(N=2,942)
SFA (N=2,404) PA (N=155) SFA/PA (N=383) p-value
Age, years 69.4±10.4 69.5±10.1 68.3±10.5 69.1±12.2 0.305
Male 2,397 (81.5) 1,984 (82.5) 121 (78.1) 292 (76.2) 0.007
Body mass index, kg/m2 23.3±3.4 23.3±3.4 23.8±3.2 23.0±3.6 0.046
Current smoker 804 (27.3) 675 (28.1) 38 (24.5) 91 (23.8) 0.153
Hypertension 2,220 (75.5) 1,831 (76.2) 114 (73.5) 275 (71.8) 0.156
Diabetes 1,865 (63.4) 1,524 (63.4) 99 (63.9) 242 (63.2) 0.989
Diabetes on insulin 482 (16.4) 403 (16.8) 29 (18.7) 50 (13.1) 0.138
Dyslipidaemia 1,715 (58.3) 1,398 (58.2) 90 (58.1) 227 (59.3) 0.917
Chronic kidney disease 755 (25.7) 595 (24.8) 43 (27.7) 117 (30.5) 0.045
End stage renal disease 404 (13.7) 306 (12.7) 29 (18.7) 69 (18.0) 0.004
Coronary artery disease 1,385 (47.1) 1,189 (49.5) 53 (34.2) 143 (37.3) <0.001
Chronic obstructive lung disease 104 (3.5) 92 (3.8) 1 (0.6) 11 (2.9) 0.087
Prior stroke 515 (17.5) 429 (17.8) 28 (18.1) 58 (15.1) 0.426
Prior endovascular therapy 926 (31.5) 735 (30.6) 54 (34.8) 137 (35.8) 0.082
Chronic limb-threatening ischaemia 1,161 (39.5) 888 (36.9) 73 (47.1) 200 (52.2) <0.001
TASC II type C or D 1,675 (56.9) 1,363 (56.7) 64 (41.3) 248 (64.8) <0.001
Lesion length ≥150 mm 1,281 (43.5) 1,048 (43.6) 11 (7.1) 222 (58.0) <0.001
Total occlusion 1,480 (50.3) 1,159 (48.2) 83 (53.5) 238 (62.1) <0.001
Moderate/severe calcification 920 (31.3) 743 (30.9) 33 (21.3) 144 (37.6) 0.001
Data are presented as mean±standard deviation or n (%). PA: popliteal artery; SFA: superficial femoral artery; TASC: TransAtlantic Inter-Society Consensus