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Table. 1.

Table. 1.

Baseline characteristics of the participants according to ABI categoriesa

Characteristic Patients with ab-ABI (n=33) Patients with nl-ABI (n=252) P-valueb
Age (y)
50-59 5 (15.2) 63 (25.0) 0.1922
60-69 12 (36.4) 108 (42.9)
70-79 13 (39.4) 72 (28.6)
≥80 3 (9.1) 9 (3.6)
Sex
Male 21 (63.6) 187 (74.2) 0.1985
Female 12 (36.4) 65 (25.8)
Cigarette smoking
No 15 (45.5) 129 (51.2) 0.5354
Yes 18 (54.5) 123 (48.8)
BMI (kg/m2)
<25 16 (48.5) 112 (44.4) 0.6608
≥25 17 (51.5) 140 (55.6)
Number of diseased vessels
1 6 (18.2) 98 (38.9) 0.0234
2 10 (30.3) 78 (31.0)
3 17 (51.5) 76 (30.2)
Underlying disease
Diabetes 17 (51.5) 83 (32.9) 0.0355
Dyslipidemia 25 (75.8) 160 (63.5) 0.1650
Hemodialysis 3 (9.1) 5 (2.0) 0.0201

Values are presented as number (%).

ABI, ankle-brachial index; ab-ABI, abnormal ABI; nl-ABI, normal ABI; BMI, body mass index.

aABI categories were defined as ab-ABI (<1.0 or >1.4) and nl-ABI (1.0≤ABI≤1.4). bP-value was determined using the chi-square test.

Vasc Specialist Int 2020;36:89~95 https://doi.org/10.5758/vsi.200012
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