Clinical Study
Greater Endothelial Apoptosis and Oxidative Stress in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of subjects with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and controls.
| | Variables | Control group | PAD group | value |
| | Age (years) | 70 (9) | 64 (10) | 0.014 | | Sex (% men) | 50 | 49 | 0.923 | | Race (% Caucasian) | 69 | 45 | 0.069 | | Current smoking (% yes) | 0 | 40 | 0.002 | | Hypertension (% yes) | 25 | 89 | <0.001 | | Dyslipidemia (% yes) | 81 | 93 | 0.104 | | Diabetes (% yes) | 0 | 48 | <0.001 | | Obesity (% yes) | 13 | 47 | 0.008 | | Abdominal obesity (% yes) | 13 | 57 | 0.001 | | Metabolic syndrome (% yes) | 0 | 84 | <0.001 | | Weight (kg) | 74.2 (12.5) | 84.1 (18.7) | 0.040 | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 25.5 (3.1) | 29.6 (5.9) | 0.006 | | Ankle/brachial index | 1.12 (0.06) | 0.72 (0.25) | <0.001 | | Six-minute walk distance (m) | 524 (103) | 337 (96) | <0.001 | | Six-minute walk rating of perceived exertion (score) | 13.9 (2.1) | 13.5 (2.4) | 0.451 | | Total strides (strides/day) | 5526 (2381) | 3306 (1611) | <0.001 | | Average cadence (strides/min) | 15.9 (3.8) | 11.7 (2.6) | <0.001 |
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Values are means (standard deviation) or percentage of subjects in each group.
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