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. 2022 Dec 13;77(4):1165–1173.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.12.002

Table I.

Baseline demographics of the pre-coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) acute limb ischemia (ALI) cohort vs the COVID-19-associated ALI cohort

Pre-COVID-19 ALI n = 74 (64.9%) COVID-19 ALI n = 40 (35.1%) P-value
Age, years 63.3 (14.4) 69.1 (11.4) .029
Gender
 Male 45 (61) 29 (72) .23
 Female 29 (39) 11 (28)
Ethnicity
 White 65 (88) 36 (90) .032
 Black 7 (9) 0 (0)
 Hispanic 0 (0) 1 (2)
 Other/unknown 2 (3) 3 (8)
Smoking
 Non-smoker 26 (35) 18 (46) .38
 Current smoker 19 (26) 6 (15)
 Previous smoker 29 (39) 15 (38)
Intravenous drug use 4 (5) 0 (0) .30
History of VTE 6 (8) 3 (8) 1.00
Hypertension 48 (65) 32 (80) .13
CAD 28 (38) 13 (32) .68
CHF 4 (5) 5 (12) .27
Diabetes 25 (34) 16 (40) .54
CKD 8 (11) 6 (15) .56
ESRD 3 (4) 2 (5) 1.00
History of stroke/TIA 9 (12) 12 (30) .024
HLD 29 (39) 14 (35) .69
History of hypercoagulable disease 6 (8) 3 (8) 1.00
Malignancy 10 (14) 7 (18) .59
COPD 15 (20) 11 (28) .48
History of vascular intervention
 None 44 (59) 29 (72) <.001
 Endoscopic 30 (41) 6 (15)
 Open 0 (0) 5 (12)
History of amputation
 None 65 (88) 35 (88) .67
 Minor amputation 6 (8) 2 (5)
 Major amputation 3 (4) 3 (8)
Anticoagulation 17 (23) 8 (20) .81
Aspirin 34 (46) 17 (42) .84
Antiplatelets 26 (35) 8 (20) .13
Rutherford classification
 Class I 6 (8) 11 (28) .025
 Class IIa 30 (42) 13 (32)
 Class IIb 34 (47) 13 (32)
 Class III 2 (3) 3 (8)

CAD, Coronary artery disease; CHF, congestive heart failure; CKD, chronic kidney disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ESRD, end-stage renal disease; HLD, hyperlipidemia; TIA, transient ischemic attack; VTE, venous thromboembolism.

Data are presented as number (%) or mean (standard deviation).