Prevalence, Correlates, and Prognosis of Peripheral Artery Disease in Rural Ecuador—Rationale, Protocol, and Phase I Results of a Population-Based Survey: An Atahualpa Project-Ancillary Study
Table 6
Characteristics of Atahualpa residents aged ≥40 years according to the categories of peripheral artery disease (PAD) suspicion.
Total series ()
Suspected symptomatic PAD ()*
Suspected asymptomatic PAD (
Nonsuspected PAD ()‡
value
Age (mean ± SD)
59.5 ± 12.6
66.3 ± 11.9
68.1 ± 12
55.6 ± 10.9
0.0001
Women, (%)
384 (58%)
32 (73%)
108 (64%)
244 (54%)
0.015
Up to primary school, (%)
426 (64%)
30 (68%)
134 (79%)
262 (58%)
0.0001
Alcohol intake ≥50 g/day, (%)
114 (17%)
5 (11%)
19 (11%)
90 (20%)
0.02
Current smokers, (%)
12 (2%)
1 (2.3%)
2 (1.2%)
9 (2%)
0.767
Body mass index, kg/m2 (mean ± SD)
27 ± 5
27 ± 5
27 ± 5
27 ± 5
⋯
Systolic BP, mmHg (mean ± SD)
138 ± 25
158 ± 26
164 ± 27
126 ± 13
0.0001
Diastolic BP, mmHg (mean ± SD)
77 ± 12
78 ± 13
79 ± 15
77 ± 10
0.159
BP ≥140/90 mmHg, (%)
242 (36%)
32 (73%)
138 (81%)
72 (16%)
0.0001
Fasting glucose, mg/dL (mean ± SD)
140 ± 86
173 ± 105
148 ± 91
133 ± 81
0.004
Fasting glucose ≥126 mg/dL, (%)
197 (30%)
21 (48%)
59 (35%)
117 (26%)
0.003
Total cholesterol, mg/dL (mean ± SD)
199 ± 33
200 ± 30
198 ± 32
199 ± 33
0.914
Poor CVH status, (%)
464 (70%)
40 (91%)
155 (91%)
269 (60%)
0.0001
Severe edentulism, (%)
192 (29%)
16 (36%)
72 (42%)
104 (23%)
0.0001
Stroke or ischemic heart disease, (%)
41 (6%)
4 (9%)
21 (12%)
16 (4%)
0.0002
Positive Edinburgh claudication questionnaire irrespective of pulse pressure levels; increased pulse pressure levels and a negative Edinburgh claudication questionnaire; normal pulse pressure levels and a negative Edinburgh claudication questionnaire.
