Table 6.
Correlations between ABI value, ABI score and PAD risk factors
| PAD risk factors | ABI Score | ABI Values | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | p | R | p | |
| Age (years) | 0.2 | < 0.0001 | − 0.1 | < 0.0001 |
| Smoking (yes/no) | 0.1 | < 0.05 | − 0.1 | 0.01 |
| History of Dyslipidemia (yes/no) | 0.1 | < 0.05 | − 0.1 | 0.01 |
| History of Hypertension (yes/no) | 0.1 | < 0.0001 | − 0.1 | < 0.0001 |
| Sedentarism (yes/no) | 0.1 | < 0.0001 | − 0.1 | < 0.0001 |
| T2DM duration (years) | 0.1 | < 0.0001 | − 0.1 | < 0.0001 |
| T2DM duration over 10 years (yes/no) | 0.1 | < 0.0001 | − 0.1 | < 0.0001 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 0.1 | < 0.0001 | − 0.1 | 0.001 |
ABI Ankle-Brachial Index, PAD Peripheral Arterial Disease, T2DM Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05