Table 1.
Study group characteristics.
| Age (mean ± SD) [years] |
Controls |
Varicose veins |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68.7 ± 9.7 |
60.9 ± 14.5 |
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| Sexa | m |
26 |
44 |
|
| f | 11 | 72 | ||
| Morphology (n = 116) | Trunk type | – | 53 | |
| Perforator type | – | 24 | ||
| Trunk and perforator type | – | 23 | ||
| Trunk type or trunk and perforator type | gsv | – | 67 | |
| ssv | – | 7 | ||
| gsv + ssv | – | 2 | ||
| Perforator type or trunk and perforator type | Thigh | – | 36 | |
| Calf | – | 6 | ||
| Thigh and calf | – | 5 | ||
| Unclear | – | 16 | ||
| Uncomplicated diseases | CEAP C2 | – | 34 | |
| Complicated disease (n = 82) | Congestive diseaseb (n = 51) | CEAP C3 | – | 24 |
| CEAP C4 | – | 12 | ||
| CEAP C5 | – | 1 | ||
| CEAP C6 | – | 14 | ||
| Recurrencesb (n = 21) | Junctional type | – | 5 | |
| Perforator type | – | 11 | ||
| Junctional and perforator type | – | 3 | ||
| Residual veins | – | 2 | ||
| Varicothrombosisb | – | 31 | ||
a
Number of patients.
b
Every primary varicose vein patient belongs to one type of morphology, however some are mentioned more than once in case of complicated disease phenotypes.; m, male; f, female; gsv, greater saphenous vein; ssv, smaller saphenous vein.