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Table 2 Characteristics of men with and without peripheral arterial disease

From: Prevalent peripheral arterial disease and inflammatory burden

Characteristics

Total N = 878

Men with PAD (ABI <0.90) N = 61

Men without PAD (ABI ≥0.90) N = 817

p-valuea

Cytokines

 IL-6 pg/ml, median (interquartile range)

2.40 (1.84)

3.38 (2.16)

2.34 (1.71)

<0.001

 IL-6 SR pg/ml, median (interquartile range)

48636 (18103)

50655 (19051)

48494 (18064)

0.232

 IL-10 pg/ml, median (interquartile range)

8.98 (6.94)

10.62 (5.69)

8.87 (6.86)

0.012

 TNFα pg/ml, median (interquartile range)

3.95 (2.43)

4.55 (2.24)

3.91 (2.41)

0.032

 TNFαSRI pg/ml, median (interquartile range)

1918.50 (586.90)

2210.50 (853.10)

1900.70 (570.10)

0.002

 TNFαSRII pg/ml, median (interquartile range)

3499.80 (952.10)

3856.85 (1202.90)

3482.10 (922.70)

0.029

 CRP ug/ml, median (interquartile range)

1.40 (2.12)

2.24 (3.94)

1.37 (2.08)

0.042

 CRP >3 ug/mL, n (%)

209 (23.94)

24 (40.68)

185 (22.73)

0.002

Demographics

 Age, years, mean ± SD

73.71 ± 5.87

76.70 ± 5.99

73.48 ± 5.99

<0.001

 None-white race, n (%)

67 (7.63)

4 (6.56)

63 (7.71)

1.000

 High school or less, n (%)

217 (24.72)

19 (31.15)

198 (24.24)

0.227

Health status

 Self-rated health status, good/excellent, n (%)

753 (85.86)

44 (72.13)

709 (86.89)

0.001

 Body Mass Index (BMI), mean ± SD

27.32 ± 3.56

26.05 ± 3.25

27.42 ± 3.56

0.004

 Systolic blood pressure (mmHG), mean ± SD

139.09 ± 18.92

148.21 ± 24.13

138.41 ± 18.31

<0.001

 Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL), mean ± SD

106.68 ± 24.90

117.80 ± 41.47

105.83 ± 22.97

0.039

 Total cholesterol (mg/dL), mean ± SD

194.58 ± 32.84

191.44 ± 32.46

194.82 ± 32.87

0.442

 HDL (mg/dL), mean ± SD

48.96 ± 14.65

48.32 ± 15.85

49.01 ± 14.57

0.435

Medical conditions

 Myocardial infarction, n (%)

139 (15.83)

9 (14.75)

130 (15.91)

0.811

 Hypertension, n (%)

383 (43.62)

39 (63.93)

344 (42.11)

0.001

 Congestive heart failure, n (%)

36 (4.10)

7 (11.48)

29 (3.55)

0.003

 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, n (%)

97 (11.05)

8 (13.11)

89 (10.89)

0.593

Diabetes status

   

0.071

Diabetes, n (%)

142 (16.69)

16 (26.67)

126 (15.93)

 

Pre-diabetes, n (%)

310 (36.43)

22 (36.67)

288 (36.41)

 

Medication use

 NSAID, n (%)

130 (15.51)

10 (17.54)

120 (15.36)

0.661

 Aspirin, n (%)

284 (33.89)

20 (35.09)

264 (33.80)

0.843

 Cox-II inhibitor, n (%)

63 (7.52)

1 (1.75)

62 (7.94)

0.115

 ACE inhibitors, n (%)

166 (19.81)

18 (31.58)

148 (18.95)

0.021

 Loop diuretics, n (%)

38 (4.53)

8 (14.04)

30 (3.84)

<0.001

 Antidepressants, n (%)

55 (6.65)

7 (12.28)

48 (6.23)

0.077

Physical performance

 Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE) score, mean ± SD

149.92 ± 69.95

130.25 ± 79.94

151.39 ± 68.98

0.008

 Walking speed <0.8 meters/seconds, n (%)

28 (3.19)

6 (9.84)

22 (2.69)

0.002

 Average number of drinks/week, mean ± SD

4.52 ± 6.90

4.77 ± 7.79

4.51 ± 6.84

0.275

Smoking status

   

<0.001

 Current smoker, n (%)

33 (3.76)

8 (13.11)

25 (3.06)

 

 Past smoker, n (%)

514 (58.54)

40 (65.57)

474 (58.02)

 

 Smoking pack-years, mean ± SD

18.97 ± 25.71

33.64 ± 32.44

17.87 ± 24.81

<0.001

  1. aBased on median test for cytokines variables, two-sample t test (or Wilcoxon-Mann–Whitney test) for other continuous variables and chi-squared test (or Fisher's exact test) for categorical variables