Comparing Supervised Exercise Therapy to Invasive Measures in the Management of Symptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease

Table 5

Invasive (EVR or surgery) management versus supervised exercise.

Study	Follow-up	ABPI			MWD			ICD
		Baseline	Endpoint		Baseline	Endpoint		Baseline	Endpoint
Gelin et al. [29]
INV	12 months	0.55	0.71	<0.01^†	274	344	<0.01^†	—	—	—
SET		0.56	0.54	—	258	247	—	—	—	—

ABPI: ankle brachial pressure index; MWD: maximal walk distance; ICD: intermittent claudication distance; EVR: endovascular revascularization; SET: supervised exercise therapy. Distances in metres unless otherwise stated. value represents statistical comparison of interventions. † represents change in measurement over study period.