Table 2: Baseline characteristics by peripheral artery disease (PAD); ARIC, 1987-1989 (n = 11992).

PAD(n = 482)

No PAD (n = 11510)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

p-value*

Age (yr)

55.4 (5.9)

54.0 (5.7)

< 0.0001

BMI (kg/m2)

28.1 (5.9)

27.6 (5.2)

0.0180

N (%)

N (%)

Black Race

146 (30.3)

2806 (24.4)

0.0032

Male

148 (30.7)

5170 (44.9)

< 0.0001

Family CVD History

Paternal

142 (33.7)

3348 (32.3)

0.5482

Maternal

89 (19.9)

1866 (17.1)

0.1349

Marital Status

352 (74.1)

9150 (80.6)

0.0005

High School Education

338 (70.1)

8962 (78.0)

< 0.0001

Current Smoking Status

182 (37.8)

2903 (25.2)

< 0.0001

Current Alcohol Use

249 (52.0)

6594 (57.5)

0.0177

Hypertension

222 (46.3)

3823 (33.4)

< 0.0001

High Cholesterol

180 (37.9)

2883 (25.4)

< 0.0001

Diabetes

87 (18.2)

1254 (11.0)

< 0.0001

Aspirin

236 (49.3)

5345 (46.8)

0.2968

 †PAD was defined as ABI values < 0.9;

 *Comparisons performed with t-tests for continuous variables and chi-square tests for categorical variables.