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Table 6 Correlations between ABI value, ABI score and PAD risk factors

From: Peripheral arterial disease progression and ankle brachial index: a cohort study with newly diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes

PAD risk factors

ABI Score

ABI Values

r

p

R

p

Age (years)

0.2

 < 0.0001

− 0.1

 < 0.0001

Smoking (yes/no)

0.1

 < 0.05

− 0.1

0.01

History of Dyslipidemia (yes/no)

0.1

 < 0.05

− 0.1

0.01

History of Hypertension (yes/no)

0.1

 < 0.0001

− 0.1

 < 0.0001

Sedentarism (yes/no)

0.1

 < 0.0001

− 0.1

 < 0.0001

T2DM duration (years)

0.1

 < 0.0001

− 0.1

 < 0.0001

T2DM duration over 10 years (yes/no)

0.1

 < 0.0001

− 0.1

 < 0.0001

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

0.1

 < 0.0001

− 0.1

0.001

  1. ABI Ankle-Brachial Index, PAD Peripheral Arterial Disease, T2DM Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05