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Table 3 Responses of the Intermittent Claudication Questoinnaire in Group 3 (Subgroup IC)

From: Differences in presentation of symptoms between women and men with intermittent claudication

Score Median and Quartiles (Q)

Men

Women

P-value*

 

Q1

Median

 

Q1

Median

Q3

 

Severity of leg pain

3

3

4

0.75

3

4

0.067

Pain limiting using bus, train or tube

0

0

2

0

0

2

0.992

Pain limiting climbing several flights of stairs

0

0

0

0

1

2

0.346

Pain limiting climbing one flight of stairs

2

3

3

1

2

4

0.319

Pain limiting walking more than 1 mile

1

1

2

0

1

3

0.551

Pain limiting walking 100 yards

2.5

3

4

1

4

4

0.934

Pain limiting leaving house

0

1

2

0

0

2

0.827

Pain when stopped walking

0

1

3

0

1

3

0.972

Time spent thinking about leg pain

0

1

3

0

2

3

0.045

Felt downhearted and low because of pain

2

3

3

1

2

3

0.075

Time spent worrying that pain will worsen

0

1

2.5

0

1

3

0.640

Interference with normal work

1

2

2.5

0

1

2

0.162

  1. (0 = best possible health state, 4 = worst possible health state)
  2. * P-values comparing differences between sexes using Mann-Whitney's U-test.