Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Study Population as a Whole and According to ABI Status.
Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Study Population as a Whole and According to ABI Status.
| Characteristic | Overall (n=85) | Abnormal ABI (n=43) | Normal ABI (n=42) | P |
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| ABI | 1.01±0.2 | 0.98±0.24 | 1.04±0.15 | 0.202 |
| Abnormal ABI, n (%) | 43 (50.6) | |||
| High | 7 (8.2) | |||
| Low | 36 (42.4) | |||
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| Age, years | 52.8±15.9 | 56.4±14.4 | 49.1±16.6 | 0.034 |
| Age category, n (%) | 0.047 | |||
| <60 years | 50 (58.8) | 21 (48.8) | 29 (69.0) | |
| ≥60 years | 35 (41.2) | 22 (51.2) | 13 (31.0) | |
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| Alcohol, n (%) | 23 (27.1) | 10 (23.3) | 13 (31.0) | 0.290 |
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| Arrhythmia, n (%) | 4 (4.7) | 3 (7.0) | 1 (2.4) | 0.317 |
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| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 25.2±5.2 | 25.1±4.5 | 25.4±5.9 | 0.791 |
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| Blood Pressure, mmHg | ||||
| Diastolic | 84.5±15.3 | 80.4±15.9 | 88.7±13.7 | 0.013 |
| Systolic | 156.2±18.7 | 154.7±21.9 | 157.7±14.9 | 0.458 |
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| Diabetes, n (%) | 32 (37.6) | 20 (46.5) | 12 (28.6) | 0.069 |
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| Gender, n (%) | 0.561 | |||
| Female | 28 (32.9) | 14 (32.6) | 14 (33.3) | |
| Male | 57 (67.1) | 29 (67.4) | 28 (66.7) | |
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| Gout, n (%) | 11 (12.9) | 5 (11.6) | 6 (14.3) | 0.483 |
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| Heart failure, n (%) | 20 (23.5) | 11 (25.6) | 9 (21.4) | 0.423 |
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| Hypertension, n (%) | 78 (91.8) | 38 (88.4) | 40 (95.2) | 0.226 |
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| Inflammation, n (%) | 56 (65.9) | 34 (79.1) | 22 (52.4) | 0.009 |
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| Medications, n (%) | ||||
| Antiarrhythmic | 3 (3.5) | 2 (4.7) | 1 (2.4) | 0.509 |
| Aspirin | 37 (43.5) | 16 (37.2) | 21 (50.0) | 0.166 |
| Calcium channel inhibitors | 64 (75.3) | 32 (74.4) | 32 (76.2) | 0.525 |
| Diuretics | 46 (54.1) | 24 (55.8) | 22 (52.4) | 0.460 |
| Insulin | 11 (12.9) | 6 (14.0) | 5 (11.9) | 0.517 |
| Oral antidiabetic | 10 (11.8) | 8 (18.6) | 2 (4.8) | 0.048 |
| RAS inhibitors | 52 (61.2) | 30 (69.8) | 22 (52.4) | 0.504 |
| Statin | 12 (14.1) | 5 (11.6) | 7 (16.7) | 0.362 |
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| MICS, n (%) | 32 (37.6) | 16 (37.2) | 16 (38.1) | 0.555 |
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| Obesity, n (%) | 10 (11.8) | 4 (9.3) | 6 (14.3) | 0.354 |
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| Pulse pressure, mmHg | 71.7±17.9 | 74.2±19.9 | 69.1±15.3 | 0.186 |
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| Smoking, n (%) | 10 (11.8) | 3 (7.0) | 7 (16.7) | 0.147 |
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| Stroke, n (%) | 10 (11.8) | 5 (11.6) | 5 (11.9) | 0.616 |
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| Waist circumference, cm | 89.8±16.1 | 93.5±14.1 | 86.9±17.2 | 0.119 |