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Patient information for control and CLI patients who underwent extremity amputations
| Group |
||
|---|---|---|
| Control (n = 4) | CLI (n = 16) | |
| Age, yr | 64.5 ± 13.44 | 68.1 ± 14.24 |
| Male, % | 0 | 63 |
| Diabetes, % | 50 | 50 |
| Hypertension, % | 50 | 63 |
| Congestive heart failure, % | 0 | 25 |
| Current/former smoker, % | 0 | 31 |
Values for age are means ± SD. Skeletal muscle biopsies were obtained from anterior tibialis and gastrocnemius muscles. CLI, critical limb ischemia.
