Table 2.
Characteristics of Survivors and Decedents among Men and Women with Peripheral Arterial Disease*
| MEN | WOMEN | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survival | Decedents | P value | Survival | Decedents | P value | |
| N | 171 | 62 | 160 | 41 | ||
| Age (years) | 73.6 (7.8) | 76.3 (8.5) | 0.027 | 75.1 (8.2) | 78.7 (7.5) | 0.014 |
| BMI | 28.4 (4.6) | 28.1 (4.8) | 0.706 | 27.8 (5.6) | 25.8 (5.6) | 0.04 |
| ABI | 0.65 (0.15) | 0.61 (0.16) | 0.138 | 0.62 (0.15) | 0.64 (0.19) | 0.479 |
| African American (%) |
8.8 | 13.0 | 0.350 | 26.3 | 17.1 | 0.222 |
| Current smoker (%) |
13.5 | 19.4 | 0.265 | 13.1 | 24.4 | 0.075 |
| Diabetes (%) | 34.5 | 43.6 | 0.206 | 26.3 | 29.3 | 0.697 |
| Cancer (%) | 17.5 | 21.0 | 0.552 | 23.1 | 19.5 | 0.621 |
| Hypertension (%) |
72.5 | 67.7 | 0.477 | 76.3 | 75.6 | 0.932 |
| Stroke (%) | 21.6 | 24.2 | 0.679 | 18.1 | 24.4 | 0.365 |
| Heart Failure (%) |
29.8 | 43.6 | 0.050 | 21.9 | 34.2 | 0.103 |
| Pulmonary disease (%) |
35.1 | 61.3 | <0.001 | 46.3 | 48.8 | 0.772 |
| Angina (%) | 39.4 | 50.0 | 0.149 | 26.3 | 35.0 | 0.274 |
| Myocardial Infarction (%) |
27.1 | 32.3 | 0.437 | 22.5 | 29.3 | 0.365 |
| Calf muscle area (mm2) |
6307 (1330) | 5673 (1327) | 0.002 | 4692 (1054) | 4261 (1012) | 0.020 |
| Muscle percent fat (%) |
10.0 (11.7) | 13.0 (11.5) | 0.096 | 11.9 (14.0) | 13.0 (15.3) | 0.665 |
| Calf muscle density (gm/cm3) |
33.5 (4.2) | 31.5 (4.0) | 0.002 | 32.3 (3.9) | 31.1 (4.1) | 0.0812 |
| Knee extension power (Watts) |
123.9 (52.1) | 94.49 (51.0) | <0.001 | 67.65 (33.7) | 53.84 (30.7) | 0.0351 |
| Isometric knee extension strength (Newtons) |
335.2 (113.2) | 290.9 (90.3) | 0.015 | 212.1 (72.9) | 182.4 (61.3) | 0.0653 |
| Isometric hand grip (Newtons) |
354.0 (99.2) | 300.14 (99.8) | 0.001 | 190.86 (62.2) | 160.70 (59.8) | 0.031 |
| Isometric plantarflexion (Newtons) |
391.3 (182.3) | 274.0 (136.4) | <0.001 | 296.0 (159.8) | 255.8 (117.9) | 0.245 |
*
Data shown are means (standard deviation).