From: Incidence of peripheral arterial disease in the ARTPER population cohort after 5 years of follow-up
Baseline variablesa | HR | CI 95 % | p |
---|---|---|---|
Men | 1.81 | 1.20–2.71 | 0.011 |
Age (by year) | 1.04 | 1.01–1.06 | 0.006 |
Education level | |||
Illiterate | 1.00 | ||
Primary education | 0.71 | 0.32–1.57 | 0.288 |
Secondary education or University | 0.85 | 0.35–2.07 | 0.385 |
Smoking habit | |||
Never smoker | 1.00 | ||
Former smoker | 2.69 | 1.45–5.01 | 0.002 |
Current smoker | 3.78 | 2.01–7.11 | 0.000 |
Physical activity in leisure timeb (mean, SD) | 0.97 | 0.90–1.05 | 0.498 |
Physical activity limitations | |||
None | 1.00 | ||
Moderate | 2.03 | 1.20–3.42 | 0.008 |
Can only do light activities or any activity causes breathlessness | 2.55 | 1.31–4.97 | 0.006 |
Body mass index (Kg/m2) (mean, SD) | 1.03 | 0.98–1.07 | 0.234 |
Central obesityc | 1.10 | 0.70–1.73 | 0.690 |
Morbidity (clinical record) | |||
Hypertension | 1.71 | 1.09–2.67 | 0.018 |
Hypercholesterolemia | 0.98 | 0.65–1.47 | 0.905 |
Diabetes | 1.73 | 1.06–2.84 | 0.028 |
High LDL (>130 mg/dl) | 0.89 | 0.59–1.34 | 0.577 |
Low HDL (<40 mg/dl men, <50 mg/dl women) | 1.82 | 1.17–2.82 | 0.008 |
High triglycerides (>150 mg/dl) | 1.05 | 0.66–1.65 | 0.846 |
Atherogenic dyslipidaemia | 1.11 | 0.58–2.12 | 0.742 |