Table 2.

Baseline study population characteristics by peripheral arterial disease status (n=1,368)

				P-value for difference
	Traditiona	Alternativ	No	P,	P, trad	P, alt
	l-PAD	e-PAD	–PAD	trad	vs. no–	vs. no–
Characteristic	(n=224)	(n=282)	(n=862)	vs. alt	PAD	PAD
Age, mean years (SD)	71 (9)	69 (10)	65 (10)	0.002	< 0.001	< 0.001
Female, No. (%)	107 (48)	107 (38)	254 (29)	0.026	< 0.001	0.008
Ethnicity
Caucasian	118 (53)	151 (54)	500 (58)	0.846	0.152	0.189
African	43 (19)	35 (12)	81 (9)	0.036	< 0.001	0.145
Hispanic	30 (13)	33 (12)	88 (10)	0.567	0.172	0.479
Asian	11 (5)	26 (9)	74 (9)	0.064	0.068	0.743
Other*	22 (10)	37 (13)	119 (14)	0.251	0.114	0.771
Hypertensive, No. (%)	197 (88)	230 (82)	666 (77)	0.049	< 0.001	0.128
Body mass index, mean kg/m2 (SD)	28 (6)	30 (7)	29 (6)	0.018	0.108	0.109
Lipids, mean mg/dL (SD)
Total cholesterol	145 (40)	137 (37)	137 (36)	0.028	0.004	0.910
HDL cholesterol	41 (13)	42 (12)	40 (12)	0.447	0.160	0.008
Ever smoker, No. (%)	149 (67)	160 (57)	482 (56)	0.025	0.004	0.809
Cholesterol lowering medication, No.
(%)	179 (81)	223 (80)	668 (78)	0.766	0.285	0.428
Clopidogrel, No. (%)	91 (41)	100 (36)	263 (31)	0.225	0.003	0.113
Diabetic, No. (%)	101 (45)	88 (31)	225 (26)	0.001	< 0.001	0.095
Coronary artery disease, No. (%)	197 (88)	215 (76)	621 (72)	0.001	< 0.001	0.168
				<
Creatinine, mean mg/dL (SD)	1.4 (1.5)	1.1 (0.3)	1.2 (1.0)	0.001	0.002	0.059

^*Includes Asian-Indian, Pakistani, Middle Eastern and Pacific Islander

Alt, alternative; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; No., number; PAD, peripheral arterial disease; SD; standard deviation; trad, traditional;