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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Feb 13;56(4):724–729. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01633.x

Table 1. Characteristics of Men and Women Aged 59 and Older with and without Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD).

Characteristic No PAD (n=271) PAD (n=424) P-Value
Age, mean ± SD 71.39 ± 7.56 74.97 ± 8.24 <.001
Ankle brachial index, mean ± SD 1.09 ± 0.09 0.63 ± 0.15 <.001
Body mass index, kg/m2, mean ± SD 29.15 ± 6.03 27.71 ± 4.91 <.001
Male, % 43.54 55.66 .002
African American, % 20.66 16.27 .14
Current smoker, % 5.20 15.80 <.001
Walking aid, % 8.30 12.20 .11
Comorbidities, %
 Angina pectoris 20.52 34.37 <.001
 Myocardial infarction 15.50 26.00 .001
 Diabetes mellitus 23.25 32.08 .01
 Knee arthritis 19.19 11.56 .005
 Hip arthritis 4.43 3.54 .55
 Spinal stenosis 41.70 15.33 <.001
 Disk disease 32.84 39.62 .07
 Cancer 22.88 20.99 .56
 Pulmonary disease 34.69 43.16 .03

SD = standard deviation.