Table 1. Baseline characteristics.

Items	PXE+PAD (n = 44)	Control (n = 25)	PAD (n = 25)	ANOVA p-value	PXE+PAD vs. Control	PXE+PAD vs. PAD	PAD vs. Control
Age (years)	54.25 ± 8.93	49.32 ± 9.76	53.60 ± 6.07	0.064
BMI	28.19 ± 6.16	24.10 ± 3.52	23.28 ± 4.46	0.014	0.03	0.24	0.96
Sex (male) [%]	19 [43.2]	11 [44.0]	12 [48.0]	0.925
Smoking [%]	20 [45.5]	6 [24.0]	12 [48.0]	0.381
Diabetes [%]	1 [2.3]	0 [0.0]	2 [8.0]	0.252
Hypertension [%]	19 [43.2]	8 [32.0]	14 [56.0]	0.231
Dyslipidämia [%]	18 [40.9]	4 [16.0]	9 [36.0]	0.121
Coronary heart disease [%]	5 [11.4]	0 [0.0]	5 [20.0]	0.101

PXE = patients with pseudoxanthoma elasticum; PAD = peripheral artery disease; BMI = body mass index.