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Table 1 Characteristics of the sample stratified by peripheral arterial disease status

From: Depressive symptomatology and personality traits in patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease

 

Clear-PAD-negative

(n = 126)

ABI-negative-symptomatic

(n = 49)

Non-compressible-artery group

(n = 39)

Clear-PAD-positive

(n = 86)

Comparison of the groups

Sex

    

χ2 = 9.047, p = .029, V = .174

 Female

87 (69.05)

27 (55.10)

26 (66.67)

43 (50.00)

 

 Male

39 (30.95)

22 (44.90)

13 (33.33)

43 (50.00)

 

Age (years)

63.52 (8.88)

66.14 (7.30)

66.62 (9.12)

66.90 (8.45)

K-W χ2 = 10.955, p = .012, η2 = .027

Hypertonia

    

χ2 = 3.530, p = .317, V = .108

 No

31 (24.60)

8 (16.33)

9 (23.08)

13 (15.12)

 

 Yes

95 (75.40)

41 (83.67)

30 (76.92)

73 (84.88)

 

Diabetes

    

χ2 = 3.210, p = .360, V = .103

 No

83 (65.87)

33 (67.35)

20 (51.28)

53 (61.63)

 

 Yes

43 (34.13)

16 (32.65)

19 (48.72)

33 (38.37)

 

Smoking

    

χ2 = 17.295, p = .001, V = .240

 No

108 (85.71)

34 (69.39)

31 (79.49)

53 (61.63)

 

 Yes

18 (14.29)

15 (30.61)

8 (20.51)

33 (38.37)

 

Hazardous drinking

1.11 (1.33)

1.06 (1.65)

1.23 (1.66)

2.05 (2.30)

K-W χ2 = 11.506, p = .009, η2 = .028

Body mass index

30.91 (5.49)

29.48 (5.28)

31.85 (6.33)

28.19 (4.59)

K-W χ2 = 16.489, p = .001, η2 = .046

Extraversion

29.44 (6.67)

26.02 (7.15)

29.97 (7.05)

23.13 (6.87)

K-W χ2 = 45.823, p < .001, η2 = .145

Agreeableness

35.75 (4.26)

34.86 (4.87)

36.32 (5.06)

31.45 (5.70)

K-W χ2 = 33.824, p < .001, η2 = .104

Conscientiousness

37.58 (4.68)

36.61 (4.07)

37.67 (4.35)

35.10 (4.38)

K-W χ2 = 16.470, p = .001, η2 = .046

Neuroticism

21.85 (5.10)

26.37 (5.47)

24.05 (6.17)

28.58 (6.14)

K-W χ2 = 63.708, p < .001, η2 = .205

Openness

32.32 (8.57)

28.02 (8.22)

33.31 (9.25)

25.66 (6.16)

K-W χ2 = 41.448, p < .001, η2 = .130

Depression (continuous)

3.82 (6.29)

12.28 (8.41)

6.03 (6.15)

16.31 (10.42)

K-W χ2 = 98.393, p < .001, η2 = .322

Depression (categorical)

10 (7.94)

29 (59.18)

8 (20.51)

54 (62.79)

χ2 = 87.325, p < .001, V = .540

  1. Note. Descriptive values are frequencies (and percentages) for categorical variables, while means (and standard deviations) for continuous variables. V: Cramer’s V; K-W χ2: Kruskal-Wallis χ2