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Table 3 Characteristics of PAD patients and non-PAD patients

From: High prevalence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in incident hemodialysis patients: screening by ankle-brachial index (ABI) and skin perfusion pressure (SPP) measurement

 

Peripheral arterial disease

P

+

N

45

140

 

Age (years)

72 (64–81)

69 (59–84)

0.055

Male n (%)

33 (73.3)

97 (69.3)

0.605

Smoking n (%)

17 (37.8)

58 (41.4)

0.694

Hypertension n (%)

40 (88.9)

108 (77.1)

0.087

Dyslipidemia n (%)

24 (53.3)

55 (39.3)

0.056

Diabetes mellitus n (%)

29 (64.4)

71 (50.7)

0.108

Ischemic heart disease n (%)

27 (60.0)

47 (33.6)

0.001

Stroke n (%)

10 (22.2)

17 (12.1)

0.095

ARB n (%)

19 (42.2)

55 (39.3)

0.646

Statin n (%)

19 (42.2)

41 (29.3)

0.086

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

8.7 (7.3–9.8)

8.3 (7.0–9.2)

0.079

ABI

0.92 (0.73–1.08)

1.22 (1.12–1.29)

< 0.0001

SPP

47 (34–71)

75 (69–86)

< 0.0001

Blood glucose (mg/dL)

124 (108–181)

127 (98–160)

0.406

Albumin (g/dL)

3.2 (2.8–3.6)

3.3 (2.8–3.6)

0.637

Ca (mg/dL)

7.8 (7.2–8.4)

7.7 (7.0–8.3)

0.486

P (mg/dL)

5.9 (4.7–7.1)

6.2 (5.0–7.4)

0.453

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

176 (153–224)

158 (135–192)

0.015

Triglyceride (mg/dL)

98 (71–136)

101 (76–147)

0.821

HDL-C (mg/dL)

44.8 (34.6–55.2)

39.1 (31.0–48.6)

0.067

LDL-C (mg/dL)

106 (74–124)

83 (68.3–104.8)

0.025

CRP (mg/dL)

0.74 (0.615–2.815)

0.47 (0.120–3.730)

0.653

 Cilstazol, n (%)

6 (13.3%)

5 (3.5%)

0.026

 Sarpogrelate, n (%)

0 (0%)

1 (0.7%)

0.455

 Aspirin, n (%)

26 (48.9%)

22 (22.6%)

0.0002

 Prostaglandin analogue, n (%)

9 (20.5%)

8 (5.7%)

0.006

  1. Data are presented as median (interquartile range)
  2. PAD peripheral arterial disease, ARB angiotensin II receptor blocker, Ca calcium, P phosphate, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, CRP C-reactive protein