[Table/Fig-1]:
Patient characteristics
| PAD | Controls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n=34) | Follow-up (n=15) | Total (n=17) | Follow-up (n=5) | |
| Age (mean, range) [years] | 67 (56-74) | 67 (56-74) | 59 (51-71) | 63 (53-71) |
| Gender (no of m/f) | 23/10 | 10/5 | 7/10 | 3/2 |
| No of smokers never/past (stop>10yr)/current | 4/30/0 | 1/14/0 | 9/8/0 | 4/1/0 |
| Hight (mean ± STD) [m] | 1.68 ± 0.07 | 1.71 ± 0.07 | 1.70 ± 0.09 | 1.71 ± 0.13 |
| Weight (mean ± STD) [kg] | 80.2 ± 14.6 | 76.6 ± 14.0 | 74.8 ± 11.3 | 79.2 ± 3.4 |
| Waist circumference (mean ± STD) [cm] | 102.6 ± 15.5 | 100.8 ± 14.1 | 93.9 ± 10.9 | 101.0 ± 7.1 |
| Hip circumference (mean ± STD) [cm] | 105.7 ± 9.8 | 104.1 ± 9.2 | 103.6 ± 8.6 | 107.8 ± 8.2 |
| Waist to hip ratio (mean ± STD) | 0.97 ± 0.09 | 0.96 ± 0.01 | 0.91 ± 0.07 | 0.94 ± 0.05 |
| BMI (mean ± STD) [kg/m2) | 28.4 ± 5.2 | 26.7 ± 3.8 | 25.8 ± 3.6 | 27.3 ± 4.0 |
| Diabetes (y/n) | 15/19 | 5/10 | 0/17 | 0/5 |
| Total cholesterol<5 (mmol/l) | 4.6 ± 0.9 | 4.81 ± 0.69 | 5.6 ± 1.4 | 5.50 ± 0.97 |
| HDL cholesterol>1 (mmol/l) | 1.6 ± 0.4 | 1.81 ± 0.44 | 1.6 ± 0.3 | 1.55 ± 0.33 |
| LDL cholesterol<2.6 (mmol/l) | 2.4 ± 0.6 | 2.5 ± 0.6 | 3.0 ± 0.8 | 3.4 ± 0.8 |
| Triglycerides< 1.71 (mmol/l) | 1.4 ± 0.6 | 1.19 ± 0.52 | 2.1 ± 3.3 | 1.11 ± 0.42 |
| ABI (0.9-1.2) mmHg | 0.8 ± 0.2 | 0.80 ± 0.12 | 1.2 ± 0.1 | 1.18 ± 0.09 |
| No of pat with hypertension (>140/90mmHg) [y/n] | 30/4 | 12/3 | 5/12 | 2/3 |
| No of pat with hyperlipidemia (y/n)* | 31/3 | 12/3 | 14/3 | 3/2 |
*According to classification by Fredrickson