Table 2.
Differences between non smokers and current smokers with PAD
| Non smokers (n=69) M ± SD |
Smokers (n=36) M ± SD |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Physiologic Measures | |||
| Walking distance (meters) | 415.2 ± 229.6 | 375.5 ± 238.4 | .408 |
| Claudication pain onset (meters) | 247.7 ± 226.2 | 142.6 ± 109.8 | .010 |
| Secondary Physiologic Measures | |||
| ABI | 0.7352 ± 0.33 | 0.6735 ± 0.2 | .264 |
| Peak VO2 | 14.72 ± 3.2 | 14.44 ± 2.9 | .679 |
| StO2 at baseline (%) | 57.8 ± 18.7 | 62.9 ± 15.4 | .171 |
| StO2 at peak (%) | 17.5 ± 19.1 | 17.9 ± 20.6 | .922 |
| Drop in StO2 from baseline to 2-minutes | 33.0 ± 23.5 | 42.3 ± 19.7 | .050 |
| Calf pain at exercise peak | 4.7 ± 3.5 | 5.5 ± 3.3 | .249 |
| Primary Psychological and Health-related Quality of Life Measures | |||
| SF-36 Mental Components Score | 54.1 ± 10.3 | 48.5 ± 10.5 | .010 |
| SF-36 Physical Components Score | 36.6 ± 7.4 | 34.8 ± 7.4 | .242 |
| Secondary Psychological and Health-related Quality of Life Measures | |||
| SF-36 Physical Functioning subscale | 53.12 ± 20.8 | 42.5 ± 19.2 | .012 |
| SF-36 Role Physical Subscale | 52.2 ± 24.5 | 43.8 ± 25.0 | .100 |
| SF-36 Bodily Pain Subscale | 53.0 ± 19.2 | 54.7 ± 24.1 | .143 |
| SF-36 General Health Subscale | 59.2 ± 18.7 | 52.3 ± 19.0 | .734 |
| SF-36 Vitality subscale | 57.9 ± 18.2 | 44.3 ± 20.8 | .001 |
| Sf-36 Social Functioning subscale | 79.2 ± 24.2 | 68.1 ± 29.3 | .041 |
| Sf-36 Role Emotional subscale | 74.0 ± 28.7 | 60.0 ± 32.2 | .024 |
| Sf-36 Mental Health subscale | 77.4 ± 18.2 | 69.2 ± 18.6 | .032 |
| CES-D | 13.0 ± 9.6 | 16.9 ± 9.9 | .054 |
| WIQ Distance | 0.3734 ± .29 | 0.3019 ± .24 | .218 |
| WIQ Speed | 0.3296 ± .23 | 0.3013 ± .20 | .515 |
| WIQ Stairs | 0.4700 ± .29 | 0.4236 ± .25 | .418 |