Table 1. Basic socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with AAA or Intermittent Claudication.
| N | AAAN = 11 | ICN = 15 | p-value * | |
| Ages, N (%) | ||||
| Mean, SD43–64 | 269 | 72.4, 5.72 (18.2) | 67.2, 9.07 (26.9) | 0.110.31 |
| 65–74 | 8 | 4 (36.4) | 4 (26.7) | |
| 75–80 | 9 | 5 (45.5) | 4 (26.7) | |
| Gender, N (%) | ||||
| Male | 20 | 10 (90.1) | 10 (66.7) | 0.15 |
| Female | 6 | 1 (9.09) | 5 (33.3) | |
| Education, N (%) | ||||
| Mean, SD8 Years | 266 | 9.0, 0.72 (18.2) | 9.1, 0.97 (46.7) | 0.890.31 |
| 9 Years | 12 | 5 (45.5) | 5 (33.3) | |
| 10+ Years | 8 | 4 (36.4) | 3 (20.0) | |
| Marital Status, N (%) | ||||
| Married | 17 | 7 (63.6) | 10 (66.7) | 0.58 |
| Divorced | 4 | 2 (18.2) | 2 (13.3) | |
| Single# | 5 | 2 (18.2) | 3 (20.0) | |
| Smoking, N (%) | 0.748 | |||
| Never smoked | 8 | 4 (36.4) | 4 (26.7) | |
| Ever smoked | 18 | 7 (63.6) | 11 (73.3) | |
| Diabetes, N (%) (2 missing) | 0.39 | |||
| Yes | 11 | 4 (36.4) | 7 (53.9) | |
| No | 13 | 7 (63.6) | 6 (46.1) | |
| Hypertension, N (%) (2 missing) | 0.85 | |||
| Yes | 17 | 8 (72.7) | 9 (69.2) | |
| No | 7 | 3 (27.3) | 4 (30.8) | |
| CHD, N (%) (5 missing) | 0.28 | |||
| Yes | 10 | 6 (60.0) | 4 (36.4) | |
| No | 11 | 4 (40.0) | 7 (63.6) | |
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 29.7 (4.4) | 29.8 (4.1) | 0.97 | |
| CRP, mean (SD) | 4.2 (2.8) | 3.2 (2.5) | 0.11 |
SD denotes standard deviation; AAA denotes abdominal aortic aneurysm; IC denotes intermittent claudication; CHD denotes coronary heart disease; BMI denotes body mass index; CRP denotes C-Reactive Protein; # includes ‘widowed’ participants;
* p-value of Chi-square test for categorical data and two sample t-test for continuous data.