Table 2.

Odds ratio for PAD (as defined by ABI <0.9 or prior revascularization) by fruit and vegetable intake relative to less than once/month consumption of at least three servings of fruits and vegetables

	Less than once/month	Once/week - Once/month	2 – 3 times/week	4 – 5 times/week	Daily
		OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Unadjusted	1.0	0.85 (0.83 – 0.86)	0.81 (0.80 – 0.83)	0.78 (0.76 – 0.79)	0.83 (0.81 – 0.84)
Adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity	1.0	0.86 (0.84 – 0.88)	0.78 (0.77 – 0.79)	0.71 (0.69 – 0.72)	0.68 (0.67 – 0.69)
Adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, clinical risk factors	1.0	0.89 (0.87 – 0.91)	0.84 (0.83 – 0.86)	0.80 (0.78 – 0.81)	0.80 (0.79 – 0.82)
Adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, clinical risk factors, income	1.0	0.89 (0.87 – 0.91)	0.84 (0.83 – 0.86)	0.80 (0.78 – 0.82)	0.81 (0.79 – 0.82)
Adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, clinical risk factors, income, diet	1.0	0.89 (0.87 – 0.91)	0.84 (0.83 – 0.86)	0.80 (0.79 – 0.82)	0.81 (0.79 – 0.83)

ABI – ankle-brachial index, BMI – Body Mass Index (kg/m²), CI – Confidence Interval, OR – Odds ratio, PAD – Peripheral Arterial Disease, SES – socioeconomic status

Clinical risk factors include: diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, sedentary lifestyle, tobacco use (current, former, never), family history of vascular disease and BMI (as a continuous variable)

Diet includes consumption of nuts, fish, red meat