International Journal of Hypertension

Research Article

Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Distributions of the Ankle-Brachial Index among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients

Table 2

Age-adjusted means and standard deviations of cardiovascular risk factors according to ABI levels among men ( 𝑛 = 6 7 1 ) with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
VariablesAnkle-brachial index (ABI)
<0.90 ( 𝑛 = 3 0 )0.90–0.99 ( 𝑛 = 1 0 6 )1.00–1.09 ( 𝑛 = 1 5 5 )1.10–1.19 ( 𝑛 = 1 8 5 )1.20–1.29 ( 𝑛 = 1 0 1 ) ≥ 1.30 ( 𝑛 = 9 4 ) *P value for overall difference
Number (%)4.4715.8023.1027.5715.0514.01—
Age (yrs) 4 9 . 2 7 ± 1 2 . 4 3 5 0 . 8 3 ± 1 1 . 3 8 5 1 . 2 5 ± 8 . 5 0 5 5 . 1 2 ± 1 0 . 2 0 5 3 . 9 6 ± 9 . 5 8 5 4 . 7 8 ± 9 . 5 2 <0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 2 9 . 1 2 ± 5 . 3 4 2 7 . 5 8 ± 4 . 6 9 2 6 . 2 8 ± 4 . 5 2 2 5 . 5 8 ± 4 . 8 1 2 3 . 9 7 ± 4 . 3 7 2 2 . 7 3 ± 5 . 3 3 <0.001
SBP (mmHg) 1 7 3 . 0 0 ± 2 2 . 6 3 1 5 4 . 1 0 ± 2 4 . 2 2 1 5 3 . 5 2 ± 2 4 . 9 6 1 4 8 . 8 2 ± 2 1 . 5 4 1 4 8 . 7 1 ± 2 3 . 2 5 1 3 9 . 9 9 ± 1 7 . 2 2 <0.001
DBP (mmHg) 9 3 . 9 3 ± 1 4 . 1 2 9 0 . 2 8 ± 1 5 . 9 8 8 9 . 4 0 ± 1 5 . 2 6 8 6 . 8 9 ± 1 2 . 3 8 8 7 . 9 7 ± 1 2 . 4 1 8 2 . 6 0 ± 1 1 . 3 5 <0.001
baPWV (cm/sec)— 1 7 6 1 . 1 1 ± 4 1 3 . 7 7 1 8 7 4 . 8 8 ± 4 4 0 . 2 4 1 9 2 9 . 3 6 ± 4 9 5 . 1 7 1 9 9 2 . 4 9 ± 5 1 5 . 4 6 —<0.001
Duration (yrs) 8 . 2 3 ± 6 . 5 4 5 . 8 0 ± 4 . 6 8 8 . 0 1 ± 6 . 0 8 9 . 1 7 ± 7 . 4 9 8 . 1 4 ± 6 . 6 4 8 . 3 2 ± 6 . 9 1 <0.003
Hypertension (%)4.4710.8815.2017.889.546.41—
*P value of age adjusted analysis of covariances (ANCOVA); baPWV: Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity; BMI: Body mass index; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; duration: since diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus.