Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of symptomatic patients with peripheral artery disease
| Variables | Values |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | 65 (10) |
| Weight (kg) | 83.9 (18.4) |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 29.7 (6.2) |
| Ankle-brachial index | 0.72 (0.24) |
| Claudication onset time (s) | 152 (172) |
| Peak walking time (s) | 372 (368) |
| 6-min walk distance (m) | 346 (96) |
| Gait speed (m/s) | 1.08 (0.22) |
| Gait cadence (strides/min) | 53.0 (6.3) |
| Gait stride length (m/stride) | 1.22 (0.27) |
| Sex (% men) | 49 |
| Race (% Caucasian) | 49 |
| Current smoking (% yes) | 37 |
| Veterans (% yes) | 34 |
| Hypertension (% yes) | 88 |
| Dyslipidemia (% yes) | 90 |
| Diabetes (% yes) | 43 |
| Abdominal obesity (% yes) | 56 |
| Metabolic syndrome (% yes) | 80 |
| Obesity (% yes) | 46 |
| Lower extremity revascularization (% yes) | 35 |
| Coronary artery disease (% yes) | 34 |
| Myocardial infarction (% yes) | 18 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (% yes) | 16 |
| Cerebrovascular accident (% yes) | 15 |
| Chronic kidney disease (% yes) | 24 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (% yes) | 25 |
| Dyspnea (% yes) | 59 |
Values are means (SD) and percentages