Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the study group^*

Risk factor	PAD (n = 23)	Non‐PAD (n = 60)	P value†
Age (Years)	45·0 ± 14·5	36·6 ± 11·5	0.007
Sex (Male/Female)	22 (95·6%)/1 (4·3%)	51(85%)/9(15%)	0.270
BMI	25·5 ± 2·1	24·1 ± 2·3	0.011
Duration (Months)	7 ± 3·4	4·4 ± 2·3	<0.001
Smoking	19 (82·61%)	28 (46·67%)	0.003
Hypertension	7 (30·4%)	5 (8·3%)	0.017
Dyslipidemia	3 (13%)	4 (6·7%)	0.390
ABPI	Median 0·9	4 (6·67%)	<0.001
	Lower quartile 0·8	Lower quartile 1·0
	Upper quartile 0·9	Upper quartile 1·2

PAD, peripheral arterial disease; BMI, Body mass index; ABPI, Ankle‐Brachial pressure index.

^*Values are presented as the mean ± standard deviation, number (%) or median with lower and upper quartile.

^† P < 0·05 was considered significant.