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. 2021 Jul 5;10(8):845–851. doi: 10.1530/EC-21-0140

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants with and without severe PAD.

Characteristic No-severe PAD (n = 159) Severe PAD (n = 122)
Male (%) 106 (66.7) 71 (58.2)
Age (years) 66 (56–74) 72 (66–80)
Smoking (%) 56 (35.4) 38 (31.1)
Alcohol use (%) 49 (30.8) 31 (25.4)
Diabetes duration (years) 10 (6–17) 10 (8–20)
Diabetic foot ulcer duration (days) 20 (7–30) 30 (10–60)
Severe DFUs (%) 66 (41.5) 58 (47.5)
Hypertension (%) 84 (52.8) 96 (78.7)
SBP (mmHg) 141 ± 22 146 ± 21
DBP (mmHg) 75 ± 12 76 ± 11
Creatinine (μmol/L) 69 (58–91) 77 (59–107)
eGFR (EPI) mL/min/1.73m2) 88.9 (67.4–100.3) 78.4 (50.3–94.5)
ALB (g/L) 34.4 (30.1–37.7) 34.9 (31.1–37.9)
Hb (g/L) 119.5 (104.8–133.3) 118.0 (105.5–128.0)
HbA1c (%) 9.5 (7.7–11.3) 9.0 (7.3–11.4)
TC (mmol/L) 4.2 (3.3–4.9) 4.11 (3.30–5.16)
TG (mmol/L) 1.22 (0.88–1.78) 1.33 (0.91–1.88)
HDL-C (mmol/L) 0.95 (0.75–1.19) 0.93 (0.75–1.10)
LDL-C (mmol/L) 2.29 (1.76–2.95) 2.37 (1.67–3.05)
DM therapy
 OHA therapy (%) 65 (40.9) 58 (47.5)
 Insulin therapy (%) 46 (28.9) 35 (28.7)
 OHA and insulin therapy (%) 34 (21.4) 21 (17.2)
 None or unclear (%) 14 (8.8) 8 (6.6)
QTc interval (ms) 429 (407–445) 438 (423–455)

ALB, albumin; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; DM, diabetes mellitus; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; Hb, hemoglobin; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; OHA, oral hypoglycemic agent; PAD, peripheral arterial disease; QTc, heart rate-corrected QT interval; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride.