A Comparison of Measures of Endothelial Function in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease and Age and Gender Matched Controls

Table 1

Characteristics of the sample groups.

	Controls ()	PAD ()
Mean age (years) (SD), range	72.40 (7.21), 59–85	72.36 (8.91), 58–90
Gender: male : female	7 : 18	7 : 18
Mean BMI (SD), range	28.7 (5.19), 19.9–43.7	28.3 (5.18), 22.3–43.6

PAD: peripheral arterial disease, SD: standard deviation, and BMI: body mass index.