Table 2: Baseline characteristics by peripheral artery disease (PAD); ARIC, 1987-1989 (n = 11992).
PAD† (n = 482) |
No PAD (n = 11510) |
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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 (%) |
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Black Race |
146 (30.3) |
2806 (24.4) |
0.0032 |
Male |
148 (30.7) |
5170 (44.9) |
< 0.0001 |
Family CVD History |
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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.