International Journal of Hypertension

Research Article

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

Table 3

Age-adjusted means and standard deviations of cardiovascular risk factors according to ABI levels among women ( 𝑛 = 4 5 0 ) with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
VariablesAnkle-brachial index (ABI)
<0.90 ( 𝑛 = 2 1 )0.90–0.99 ( 𝑛 = 4 4 )1.00–1.09 ( 𝑛 = 1 4 6 )1.10–1.19 ( 𝑛 = 1 3 2 )1.20–1.29 ( 𝑛 = 6 0 ) ≥ 1.30 ( 𝑛 = 4 7 ) *P value for overall difference
Number (%)4.679.7832.4429.3313.3310.45—
Age (yrs) 5 7 . 4 8 ± 1 0 . 3 9 5 4 . 2 3 ± 8 . 4 0 5 3 . 9 5 ± 9 . 1 3 5 5 . 4 8 ± 7 . 8 1 5 6 . 0 3 ± 9 . 3 3 5 3 . 0 6 ± 8 . 7 7 0.198
BMI (kg/m2) 2 6 . 5 2 ± 4 . 8 7 2 6 . 7 4 ± 4 . 7 2 2 5 . 9 8 ± 5 . 5 1 2 5 . 7 1 ± 3 . 6 2 2 7 . 4 7 ± 4 . 5 7 3 0 . 4 5 ± 5 . 2 7 <0.001
SBP (mmHg) 1 6 0 . 3 3 ± 2 8 . 2 6 1 5 2 . 9 8 ± 2 1 . 5 7 1 5 3 . 1 0 ± 2 7 . 2 2 1 4 9 . 9 4 ± 2 1 . 2 1 1 4 5 . 5 0 ± 2 3 . 6 5 1 4 3 . 7 7 ± 2 0 . 2 7 <0.034
DBP (mmHg) 8 3 . 9 5 ± 1 2 . 9 3 8 5 . 0 7 ± 9 . 0 7 8 5 . 0 8 ± 1 3 . 2 5 8 3 . 9 6 ± 9 . 7 3 8 0 . 4 5 ± 9 . 9 5 8 1 . 0 4 ± 1 1 . 1 7 0.064
baPWV (cm/sec)— 1 8 5 5 . 6 4 ± 3 6 8 . 4 7 1 9 9 6 . 3 7 ± 4 8 8 . 1 6 2 0 4 6 . 6 2 ± 4 9 3 . 2 5 2 0 7 9 . 2 0 ± 5 6 7 . 9 6 —<0.001
Duration (yrs) 8 . 2 0 ± 7 . 8 8 6 . 1 7 ± 5 . 1 7 6 . 5 5 ± 5 . 3 4 7 . 3 9 ± 5 . 2 8 7 . 6 8 ± 5 . 6 4 7 . 4 0 ± 5 . 9 3 0.462
Hypertension (%)3.567.5620.8919.566.895.56—
*P value of age-adjusted analysis of covariance (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.