Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and healthy subjects (HS).

Variables	PAD (n = 10)	HS (n = 10)	P value
Mean age (year)a	63 ± 5	65 ± 6	0.854
Males/females	6/4	6/4	1.0
Hypertension % (n)b	98% (9)	0% (0)	<0.001
Diabetes mellitus % (n)	30% (3)	0% (0)	<0.001
Dyslipidemia % (n)	80% (8)	0% (0)	<0.001
Former smokers % (n)	40% (4)	50% (5)	0.621
CHD % (n)	20% (2)	0% (0)	<0.001
Glycemia (mg/dL)	108 ± 6	104 ± 4	0.589
Pharmacological treatments % (n)
ACE-inhibitors	80% (8)	0% (0)	<0.001
Oral antidiabetic drugs	30% (3)	0% (0)	<0.001
Insulin	0% (0)	0% (0)	1.0
Statin	70% (7)	0% (0)	<0.001
Antiaggregants	60% (6)	0% (0)	<0.001
Oral anticoagulants	20% (2)	0% (0)	<0.001

^aData are expressed as mean ± SD.

^b>139–89 mm/Hg.