Research Article

ABPI against Colour Duplex Scan: A Screening Tool for Detection of Peripheral Arterial Disease in Low Resource Setting Approach to Validation

Table 1

Participant characteristics by presence of PAD.

Character PAD ()Non-PAD () value
No %No%

Age
 45–541717.5057.40.162
 55–643233.02435.3
 65–744849.53957.3
Sex
 Male 4647.44160.30.103
 Females 5152.62739.7
Highest educational level
 ≤Grade 5 1616.51217.60.824
 Grade 6–102727.81623.5
 GCE O/L completed and above5455.74058.8
Monthly family income Rs
 <30,0003233.03348.50.129
 30,000–50,0003233.01826.5
 >50,0003334.01725.0
Diabetes mellitus (yes) 4950.50811.8<0.001
Hypertension (yes)5354.61826.50.001
Dyslipidemia (yes) 5455.71522.1<0.001
Coronary artery disease (yes)088.2034.40.115
Cerebrovascular accidents (yes)099.3034.40.336
Claudication symptoms (yes) 1919.6022.9<0.001
Smoking status among male participants
 Current smokers1736.90512.10.014
 Former smokers 1532.61843.90.890