Table 2 Baseline characteristics
From: Differences in presentation of symptoms between women and men with intermittent claudication
| Â | Group 1(IC) | Group 2 (Control) | Group 3(Follow-up IC) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Men (N = 153) (46.0%) | Women (N = 180) (54.0%) | Men (N = 1579) (47.7%) | Women (N = 1734) (52.3%) | Men (N = 37) (42.1%) | Women (N = 51) (58.0%) |
Age Mean (Std.dev.) | 76.3(8.1) | 77.0(7.8) | 69.9(7.3) | 70.6(7.6) | 78.7(8.12) | 77.5(7.96) |
ABI Median (IQR) | 0.72(0.19) | 0.71(0.29) | 1.07(0.14) | 1.00(0.10) | 0.69 (0.21) | 0.71 (0.29) |
(p-value)*** | (0.438) | (< .001) | (0.74) | |||
Concomittant diseases N (%) | ||||||
Diabetes n = 3646 | 42 (27.5) | 32 (17.8) | 125 (7.9) | 119 (6.9) | 9 (25.0) | 4 (7.7) |
(p-value)** | (0.047) | (.258) | (0.033) | |||
Hypertension n = 3646 | 86 (56.2) | 97 (53.9) | 494(31.3) | 592(34.1) | 19 (52.8) | 31 (59.6) |
(p-value)** | (0.740) | (0.082) | (0.662) | |||
Stroke n = 3646 | 38 (24.8) | 12 (6.7) | 103 (6.5) | 76 (4.4) | 9 (25.0) | 3 (5.8) |
(p-value)** | (< 0.001) | (0.007) | (0.013) | |||
CAD# n = 3646 | 26 (17.0) | 8 (4.4) | 271 (17.2) | 222 (12.8) | 6 (16.7) | 3 (5.8) |
(p-value)** | (< 0.001) | (< 0.001) | (0.151) | |||
Medication use N (%) | ||||||
Anti-platelet therapy, n = 2380 | 134 (99.3) | 151 (96.8) | 868 (91.5) | 1066 (93.5) | 34 (100) | 47 (97.9) |
(p-value)** | (0.221) | (0.079) | (1.00) | |||
Lipidlowering therapy, n = 2380 | 53 (39.3) | 45 (28.9) | 238 (25.1) | 214 (18.8) | 12 (35.3) | 13 (27.1) |
(p-value)** | (0.064) | (< 0.001) | (0.472) | |||
ACE-inhib. Betablockers n = 2380 | 73 (54.7) | 82 (52.6) | 420 (44.3) | 397 (34.8) | 25 (73.5) | 28 (58.3) |
(p-value)** | (0.815) | (< 0.001) | (0.170) | |||
WIQ subscales | ||||||
WIQ distance* | 44.6 | 36.1 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 34.5 | 40.3 |
(p-value)*** | (0.121) | Â | (0.833) | |||
WIQ speed* | 26.1 | 21.7 | 89.1 | 68.5 | 20.7 | 23.9 |
(p-value)*** | (0.013) | (< 0.001) | (0.860) | |||
WIQ stairs* | 43.8 | 41.7 | 100.0 | 87.5 | 41.7 | 37.5 |
(p-value)*** | (0.13) | (< 0.001) | (0.937) | |||
Smoking ever N (%) | ||||||
Yes | 119 (77.8) | 89 (49.4) | 968 (61.3) | 716 (41.3) | 26 (72.2) | 29 (55.8) |
(p-value) *** | (< 0.001) | (< 0.001) | (0.179) | |||