Table 2.

Comparison of risk factors in participants with normal ankle-brachial pressure index and without peripheral arterial disease (PAD)

	No. (%) of participants
Risk factor	without PAD	with PAD	P
Overweight	435 (75.0)	48 (72.7)	0.687*
Hypercholesterolemia	83 (14.3)	28 (42.4)	<0.001*
Hypertension	252 (43.4)	40 (60.6)	0.008*
Diabetes	93 (16.0)	19 (28.8)	0.010*
Smoking	114 (19.7)	36 (54.5)	<0.001*
Age at inclusion (y)	58.8 ± 9.0	68.7 ± 8.0	<0.001†

*χ² test.

†t test, mean±standard deviation.