Table 1 Demographics of PAD and control patients

Number of subjects

21

34

N/A

Mean Age (years)*

64.0 ± 9.3

61.5 ± 7.4

0.278

Height (m)*

1.79 ± 0.10

1.76 ± 0.06

0.175

Weight (kg)*

91.2 ± 14

81.6 ± 19

0.057

BMI*

28.9 ± 4.3

26.4 ± 6.2

0.117

Gender (male/female)

19/2

32/2

0.868

Smoking (%)

52.4

73.5

0.109

Coronary Artery Disease (%)

23.8

61.7

0.006

PCI ^§ (%)

23.8

14.7

0.480

CABG ^‖ (%)

14.3

14.7

0.966

Myocardial Infraction (%)

19.0

20.6

0.890

Stroke (%)

4.7

3.0

0.726

Obesity ^¶ (%)

19

23.5

0.695

Dyslipidemia (%)

47.6

55.8

0.551

Diabetes mellitus (%)

23.8

29.4

0.650

Hypertension (%)

57.1

82.3

0.041

Renal Insufficiency ^† (%)

14.3

8.80

0.528

Ankle brachial index ^‡

1.13 ± 0.21 (0.94-1.34)

0.34 ± 0.24 (0.01-0.81)

< 0.001