Impact of Peripheral Arterial Disease on Functional Limitation in Congestive Heart Failure: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999–2004)

Table 4

Weighted prevalence of risk factors from 1999 to 2004 in the NHANES data.

Characteristics	1999-2000	2001-2002	2003-2004
Ages, mean (SE)	56.4 (0.3)	55.5 (0.4)	56.3 (0.4)
Non-Hispanic Blacks, %	8.9	9.0 ↑	9.8 ↑↑
Diabetes, %	8.6	9.1 ↑	10.7 ↑↑
Hypertension, %	47.1	44.7	50.2 ↑
Hypercholesterolemia, %	45.8	43.8	49.6 ↑
Smokers, %	57.4	54.8	57.2
CHF, %	2.9	2.6	3.2

CHF: congestive heart failure; PAD: peripheral arterial disease.