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Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Surg. 2010 Aug 8;52(5):1204–1210. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.05.115

Table II.

Exercise measures of men and women with intermittent claudication. Values are means (SE) adjusted for abdominal obesity.

Variables	Men (n = 40)	Women (n = 41)	P Value
Claudication Onset Time (sec)	236 (27)	182 (26)	0.181
Maximal Walking Time (sec)	509 (44)	360 (43)	0.025
Peak Oxygen Uptake (ml˙kg⁻¹˙min⁻¹)	14.4 (0.5)	10.9 (0.5)	< 0.001
Ischemic Window (mmHg × min/m)	0.55 (0.11)	0.64 (0.11)	0.569
StO₂ at rest (% saturation)	59 (3)	48 (3)	0.010
Minimum StO₂ (% saturation)	19 (3)	15 (3)	0.429
Time to minimum StO₂ (sec)	305 (40)	187 (39)	0.048
6-Minute Walk Pain-Free Distance (meters)	202 (18)	147 (17)	0.040
6-Minute Walk Distance (meters)	379 (14)	297 (13)	< 0.001
WIQ Distance Score (%)	44 (5)	32 (5)	0.104
WIQ Speed Score (%)	41 (3)	26 (3)	0.002
WIQ Stair Climbing Score (%)	53 (4)	30 (4)	< 0.001