Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) divided into all patients, smartphone users, and non–smartphone users.
| Sociodemographic characteristics | All patients, n (%) | Smartphone users, n (%) | Non–smartphone users, n (%) | P value (χ2 value) | |||||
| Sex | n=304 | n=157 | n=147 |
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Male | 203 (66.8)a | 106 (52.2)b | 97 (47.8)b | .73 (0.121) | ||||
| Age (years) | n=301 | n=155 | n=146 |
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40-49 | 18 (6.0) | 11 (61.1) | 7 (38.9) | .74 (0.113) |
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50-59 | 58 (19.3) | 34 (58.6) | 24 (41.4) | .46 (0.556) | ||||
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60-69 | 102 (33.9) | 64 (62.7) | 38 (37.3) | .09 (2.870) | ||||
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70-79 | 85 (28.2) | 35 (41.2) | 50 (58.8) | .32 (1.002) | ||||
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≥80 | 37 (12.3) | 11 (29.7) | 26 (70.3) | .12 (2.382) | ||||
| Educational attainment (years) | n=286 | n=151 | n=135 |
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<10 | 40 (14.0) | 19 (12.6) | 21 (15.6) | .91 (0.012) | ||||
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10-11 | 22 (7.7) | 13 (8.6) | 9 (6.7) | .76 (0.091) | ||||
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12-13 | 133 (46.5) | 67 (44.4) | 66 (48.9) | .09 (0.001) | ||||
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14-17 | 66 (23.1) | 35 (23.2) | 31 (23.0) | .32 (0.030) | ||||
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>17 | 25 (8.7) | 17 (11.3) | 8 (5.9) | .12 (1.013) | ||||
| Employment status | n=304 | n=157 | n=147 |
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Currently employed | 77 (25.3) | 43 (55.8) | 34 (44.2) | .57 (0.319) |
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Retired | 140 (46.1) | 86 (42.9) | 94 (57.1) | .75 (0.100) | ||||
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Retired due to illness |
40 (13.2) | 26 (65.0) | 14 (35.0) | .26 (0.258) | ||||
| Burden of PAD | n=304 | n=157 | n=147 |
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Not at all | 21 (6.9) | 7 (33.3) | 14 (66.7) | .43 (0.612) |
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A little | 49 (16.1) | 23 (46.9) | 26 (53.1) | .92 (0.102) |
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Average | 74 (24.3) | 36 (48.6) | 38 (51.4) | .97 (0.002) |
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Fair | 98 (32.2) | 57 (58.2) | 41 (41.8) | .32 (1.007) | ||||
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Great | 62 (20.4) | 34 (54.8) | 28 (45.2) | .72 (0.129) |
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| Burden of disease | 1.36 (0.76) | 1.45 (0.73) | 1.25 (0.76) | .02 (2.33) | |||||
| Burden of environmental conditions | 0.90 (0.63) | 1.02 (0.58) | 0.77 (0.64) | <.001 (3.377) | |||||
aThe percentage is based on the number of all responses for the associated sociodemographic characteristic (sex, age, educational attainment, employment status, and burden of PAD).
bThe percentage is based on the total number of observations within the associated sociodemographic characteristic group.