. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 23.

Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Surg. 2008 Jan;47(1):117–122. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.09.033

Table I.

Baseline characteristics of sedentary and active patients with intermittent claudication. Values are means (SD) and percentages.

Variables	Sedentary Group (n = 299)	Active Group (n = 135)	P Value
Age (years)	69 (8)	66 (8)	0.015
Weight (kg)	80.5 (15.7)	81.2 (14.0)	0.677
Body Mass Index (kg)/(meter)²	27.7 (4.8)	27.9 (4.4)	0.760
Waist/Hip Ratio	0.94 (0.08)	0.94 (0.07)	0.655
Ankle/Brachial Index	0.59 (0.17)	0.65 (0.16)	0.001
Sex (% Men)	87	86	0.844
Race (% Caucasian)	58	57	0.329
Myocardial Infarction (%)	30	26	0.420
Current Smoking (%)	41	42	0.894
Diabetes (%)	33	31	0.829
Hypertension (%)	64	59	0.557
Hyperlipidemia (%)	49	56	0.253
COPD (%)	15	8	0.061

IC = intermittent claudication.