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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 21.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hypertens. 2012 Feb 23;25(5):535–541. doi: 10.1038/ajh.2012.13

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Women and Men According to Ankle-Brachial Index (ABI), MESA (2000–2002)

Women (N=2803) Men (N=2558)
ABI ABI
Definite PAD
(<0.90)
Borderline ABI
(0.90-<1.00)
Low-normal ABI
(1.00-<1.10)
Normal ABI
(1.10-<1.40)
P trend Definite PAD
(<0.90)
Borderline ABI
(0.90-<1.00)
Low-normal ABI
(1.00-<1.10)
Normal ABI
(1.10-<1.40)
P trend
N 81 270 1047 1405 73 105 552 1828
Age (years) 70.2 (9.9) 64.2 (10.2) 62.2 (10.0) 59.6 (9.6) <0.001 69.5 (9.1) 66.2 (10.1) 62.6 (10.2) 60.7 (9.8) <0.001
Body mass index (kg/m2) 28.4 (5.7) 28.3 (5.9) 28.1 (5.8) 29.0 (6.3) <0.001 27.2 (3.9) 28.1 (4.8) 27.2 (4.3) 28.0 (4.3) <0.001
Smoking (%)
  Current 14.8 16.7 10.4 10.2 0.011 27.4 19.0 18.1 11.3 <0.001
  Never 51.8 53.3 60.1 61.7 0.006 20.5 26.7 36.6 44.6 <0.001
Blood pressure (mmHg)
  Systolic 141.5 (28.7) 133.2 (23.0) 128.8 (23.3) 120.7 (20.2) <0.001 136.6 (23.2) 132.5 (19.7) 127.0 (19.4) 124.1 (18.0) <0.001
  Diastolic 70.5 (12.1) 70.3 (11.1) 69.6 (10.3) 68.0 (9.6) <0.001 74.2 (10.3) 75.4 (9.1) 75.4 (9.5) 75.1 (9.1) 0.199
Medication Use (%)
  Blood Pressure 54.3 45.2 39.2 31.2 <0.001 58.9 45.7 36.6 32.5 <0.001
  Statin 30.9 19.3 14.5 12.7 <0.001 20.5 20.9 14.3 13.8 0.030
Diabetes (%) 30.9 8.1 9.9 9.7 0.005 19.2 14.3 12.3 11.9 0.106
Cholesterol (mg/dL)
  Total 203.0 (32.8) 197.3 (35.5) 200.1 (34.2) 199.1 (34.5) 0.274 187.6 (35.4) 191.1 (35.0) 189.2 (38.0) 187.6 (33.4) 0.082
  HDL 53.0 (14.1) 56.5 (15.2) 57.0 (15.9) 56.4 (14.7) 0.747 44.4 (10.9) 46.3 (12.8) 45.3 (12.0) 44.9 (11.4) 0.605
  Total/HDL ratio 4.1 (1.3) 3.7 (1.1) 3.7 (1.1) 3.7 (1.1) 0.120 4.4 (1.2) 4.4 (1.2) 4.4 (1.5) 4.4 (1.2) 0.265
GFR 73.0 (20.6) 79.1 (17.0) 79.9 (17.0) 81.0 (17.1) 0.001 82.3 (18.6) 81.4 (19.7) 83.7 (18.1) 82.0 (16.4) 0.876
*

Data are expressed as mean (SD) unless otherwiseindicated.