Table 4.
Baseline characteristics with and without LEAD intervention
| No LEAD intervention n = 404 |
LEAD intervention n = 601 |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, y | 70.1 ± 12.3 | 70.8 ± 11.0 | 0.365 |
| Male, n (%) | 234 (57.9) | 362 (60.2) | 0.464 |
| BMI | 25.50 ± 4.5 | 24.1 ± 4.5 | <0.001 |
| Male | 25.1 ± 3.8 | 24.4 ± 4.0 | 0.025 |
| Female | 26.0 ± 5.3 | 23.8 ± 5.0 | <0.001 |
| <25, n (%) | 199 (50.6) | 368 (62.1) | |
| 25-<30, n (%) | 136 (34.6) | 172 (29.0) | |
| Obesity | |||
| 30-<35, n (%) | 45 (11.5) | 40 (6.7) | |
| ≥35, n (%) | 13 (3.3) | 13 (2.2) | |
| Waist, cm | 88.2 ± 13.0 | 87.5 ± 12.3 | 0.487 |
| Male | 88.9 ± 11.7 | 89.4 ± 11.7 | 0.676 |
| Female | 87.2 ± 15.0 | 84.4 ± 12.7 | 0.084 |
| Hip, cm | 96.6 ± 1.6 | 95.4 ± 10.1 | 0.172 |
| Male | 96.3 ± 10.9 | 96.4 ± 9.9 | 0.931 |
| Female | 97.0 ± 13.5 | 93.84 ± 10.3 | 0.035 |
| Smoker, n (%) | 150 (37.1) | 258 (42.9) | 0.066 |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 294 (72.8) | 437 (78.7) | 0.030 |
| Diabetes, n (%) | 273 (67.6) | 412 (68.6) | 0.744 |
| Hypercholesterolemia, n (%) | 299 (74) | 431 (71.7) | 0.423 |
| Heart failure, n (%) | 74 (18.3) | 106 (17.7) | 0.792 |
| Coronary artery intervention, n (%) | 110 (27.2) | 217 (34.4) | 0.465 |
| Atrial fibrillation, n (%) | 31 (7.7) | 82 (13.6) | 0.003 |
| End-stage renal disease, n (%) | 91 (22.5) | 172 (18.6) | 0.053 |
LEAD = lower extremity arterial disease.