Research Article

Prevalence of Peripheral Arterial Disease among Adult Patients Attending Outpatient Clinic at a General Hospital in South Angola

Table 1

Demographical and clinical characteristics of the study population.

Characteristics

Age in years, median (range)52.5 (40–91)
Female gender (%)62.60
Peripheral arterial disease (%)42.6
Systemic arterial hypertension (%)66.95
Self-reported diabetes (%)6.95
Smoking (%)9.56

Medical therapy (%)
 Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blockers17
 Calcium channel antagonists/diuretics12/4
 Acetylsalicylic acid4
 Statins/clopidogrel0/0