Research Article
The Association between Earlobe Crease (Frank’s Sign) and Abnormal Ankle-Brachial Index Determination Is Related to Age: A Population-Based Study
Table 1
Characteristics of Atahualpa residents aged ≥60 years across categories of ankle-brachial index determinations (univariate analyses).
| | | Total series
(n=294) | Normal ABI
(n=238) | Abnormal ABI
(n=56) | p value |
| | Age, years (mean SD) | 70.9 ± 7.9 | 69.6 ± 6.9 | 76.5 ± 9.3 | <0.001 | | Women, n (%) | 171 (58.2) | 138 (58) | 33 (58.9) | 0.897 | | Current smokers, n (%) | 4 (1.4) | 4 (1.7) | 0 | 0.741 | | Body mass index 30 kg/m2, n (%) | 64 (21.8) | 53 (22.3) | 11 (19.6) | 0.668 | | Poor physical activity, n (%) | 23 (7.8) | 14 (5.9) | 9 (16.1) | 0.011 | | Poor diet, n (%) | 13 (4.4) | 8 (3.4) | 5 (8.9) | 0.079 | | Blood pressure 140/90 mmHg, n (%) | 131 (44.6) | 99 (41.6) | 32 (57.1) | 0.035 | | Fasting glucose 126 mg/dL, n (%) | 96 (32.7) | 78 (32.8) | 18 (32.1) | 0.928 | | Total cholesterol 240 mg/dL, n (%) | 37 (12.6) | 27 (11.3) | 10 (17.9) | 0.671 | | Presence of earlobe crease, n (%) | 141 (48) | 108 (45.4) | 33 (58.9) | 0.068 |
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