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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of included patients

From: Functional claudication distance: a reliable and valid measurement to assess functional limitation in patients with intermittent claudication

Characteristic

Total Population

N = 82

Patients for reliability analysis

N = 57

Patients for validity analysis

N = 25

P-value

Male

49 (59.8%)

36 (63.2%)

13 (52.0%)

0.343

Age (years)

67 ± 10

68 ± 9

65 ± 12

0.213

ABI

0.69 ± 0.19

0.71 ± 0.20

0.66 ± 0.17

0.338

Weight (kg)

76 ± 14

76 ± 14

75 ± 15

0.797

Risk factors

    

   Hypertension

60 (78.9%)

39 (76.5%)

21 (84.0%)

0.449

   Diabetes Mellitus

20 (26.3%)

10 (19.6%)

10 (40.0%)

0.058

   Hypercholesterolemia

43 (56.6%)

25 (49.0%)

18 (72.0%)

0.058

Smoking behaviour

   

0.669*

   Current smoking

34 (44.7%)

22 (43.1%)

12 (48%)

 

   Former smoking

35 (46.1%)

24 (47.1%)

11 (44.0%)

 

   Never smoked

7 (9.2%)

5 (9.8%)

2 (8.0%)

 
  1. Kg: Kilograms, ABI: ankle brachial index.
  2. * Calculated with Kendall's-tau test.