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MMSE indicates Mini-Mental State Examination; PAD, peripheral artery disease. The reasons for exclusion were not obtained for patients who did not provide informed consent because hundreds of potential participants without PAD were excluded by telephone prior to attending a study visit and there were insufficient resources to track the reasons for exclusion. The MMSE score range is 0 to 30 (patients with a score of <23 were excluded).
