Skip to main content
. 2013 Oct 22;11:175. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-11-175

Table 1.

Demographic, health characteristic, and comorbidity differences between those with and without PAD in the 5EU and United States

 
5EU
US
 
PAD
No PAD
PAD
No PAD
  n = 743 n = 57, 062 n = 777 n = 74,223
Age (Mean ± SD)
58.1 ± 13.0*
46.3 ± 15.8
62.4 ± 11.3*
48.0 ± 16.5
Male
47.24%
48.62%
59.46%*
48.10%
College/University education
36.07%*
44.64%
28.19%*
41.22%
Currently employed
31.09%*
56.92%
21.88%*
55.48%
Body mass index category
 
 
 
 
  Underweight
2.02%
2.81%
1.42%
1.80%
  Normal
29.21%*
42.32%
19.43%*
30.90%
  Overweight
36.20%
33.17%
29.60%
32.30%
  Obese
30.96%*
19.01%
48.52%*
32.67%
  Decline to answer weight
1.62%
2.69%
1.03%*
2.32%
Currently smoke
33.92%*
28.35%
35.65%*
18.91%
Currently drink
69.31%*
78.84%
51.61%*
65.20%
Regularly exercise
46.43%*
57.01%
39.51%*
65.30%
Charlson comorbidity index (Mean, SD)
1.8*
0.72
2.69*
0.92
Comorbidity clusters
 
 
 
 
  Cancer
11.84%*
4.93%
20.33%*
8.72%
  Gastrointestinal
44.15%*
23.32%
51.74%*
23.23%
  Infectious disease
4.98%*
1.51%
7.08%*
1.76%
  Arthritis
20.73%*
8.45%
54.83%*
19.42%
  Psychiatric
36.61%*
18.58%
44.27%*
21.83%
  Respiratory
34.72%*
21.97%
53.15%*
31.43%
  Renal
5.38%*
1.07%
7.85%*
0.87%
  Liver disease
1.21%*
0.16%
1.42%*
0.19%
  Diabetes
20.19%*
6.12%
38.35%*
10.51%
  Cardiovascular
73.89%*
35.78%
88.16%*
42.28%
  Previous MI
10.90%*
1.65%
26.25%*
2.82%
  Cerebrovascular 8.21%* 1.47% 15.06%* 2.12%

*PAD and no PAD groups differ within region, p < .05.