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 | | | | | | 45–54 | 17 | 17.5 | 05 | 7.4 | 0.162 | 55–64 | 32 | 33.0 | 24 | 35.3 | 65–74 | 48 | 49.5 | 39 | 57.3 | Sex | | | | | | Male | 46 | 47.4 | 41 | 60.3 | 0.103 | Females | 51 | 52.6 | 27 | 39.7 | Highest educational level | | | | | | ≤Grade 5 | 16 | 16.5 | 12 | 17.6 | 0.824 | Grade 6–10 | 27 | 27.8 | 16 | 23.5 | GCE O/L completed and above | 54 | 55.7 | 40 | 58.8 | Monthly family income Rs | | | | | | <30,000 | 32 | 33.0 | 33 | 48.5 | 0.129 | 30,000–50,000 | 32 | 33.0 | 18 | 26.5 | >50,000 | 33 | 34.0 | 17 | 25.0 | Diabetes mellitus (yes) | 49 | 50.5 | 08 | 11.8 | <0.001 | Hypertension (yes) | 53 | 54.6 | 18 | 26.5 | 0.001 | Dyslipidemia (yes) | 54 | 55.7 | 15 | 22.1 | <0.001 | Coronary artery disease (yes) | 08 | 8.2 | 03 | 4.4 | 0.115 | Cerebrovascular accidents (yes) | 09 | 9.3 | 03 | 4.4 | 0.336 | Claudication symptoms (yes) | 19 | 19.6 | 02 | 2.9 | <0.001 | Smoking status among male participants | | | | | | Current smokers | 17 | 36.9 | 05 | 12.1 | 0.014 | Former smokers | 15 | 32.6 | 18 | 43.9 | 0.890 |
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