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Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2012 May 24;110(5):736–740. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.04.059

TABLE 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Patients with Severe Peripheral Arterial Disease Referred for Pre-operative Coronary Angiography

Variable	N=78
Age (yr) (mean +/− SD)	67 ± 10
Men	35 (45%)
European-American	69 (88%)
African-American	7 (9%)
Hispanic	2 (3%)
Body mass index (kg/m²) (median [IQR])	27.2 [24.3–30.1]
Diabetes mellitus	26 (33%)
Hypertension^*	69 (88%)
Hyperlipidemia^†	67 (86%)
Current smoker	27 (35%)
Former smoker	56 (72%)
Hemoglobin A_1C (%) (median [IQR])	5.4 [0–6.0]
Low density lipoprotein (mg/dL) (median [IQR])	91 [66–111]

Data are expressed as number (percentage), mean ± standard deviation (SD), and median [25%–75% interquartile (IQR) range]

patients treated with antihypertensive medication, and untreated patients with known systolic blood pressure ≥140mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90mmHg

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patients with total cholesterol level >200mg/dl, or current use of lipid-lowering drugs