Table 2. Prevalence of peripheral vascular disease in smokers, hypertensive, obese, and hypercholesterolemia patients.

Characteristic	Peripheral vascular disease Present	Peripheral vascular disease Absent	Total	p-value
SMOKING STATUS
Smoker	24	35	59	0.000
Non-smoker	29	183	212
Total	53	218	271
HYPERTENSIVE STATUS
Hypertensive	33	62	95	0.000
Non Hypertensive	20	156	176
Total	53	218	271
SERUM CHOLESTEROL STATUS
Hypercholesterolemia	20	43	63	0.01
Normal cholesterol	33	175	208
Total	53	218	271
OBESITY STATUS
BMI less than 27	28	160	188	0.004
BMI 27 or more	25	58	83
Total	53	218	271