Table. 1.

Table. 1. Table 1

Patients’ baseline characteristics

Characteristic	DA (n=14)^{^a}	BAP (n=15)^{^b}	P-value
Patients
Mean age (y)	69.5±8.7	73.7±7.8	0.180
Sex, male	14 (100.0)	13 (86.7)	0.164
Hypertension	13 (92.9)	13 (86.7)	0.600
Diabetes mellitus	10 (71.4)	12 (80.0)	0.605
Cardiovascular disease	4 (28.6)	5 (53.3)	0.524
Current smoker	6 (42.9)	6 (40.0)	0.352
Indication			0.164
Symptom aggravation	12 (85.7)	11 (73.3)
Abnormal image finding	2 (14.3)	4 (26.7)
Ankle-brachial index	0.62±0.19	0.62±0.20	0.957

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation or number (%)

DA, directional atherectomy; BAP, balloon angioplasty

^aDA followed by BAP group. ^bBAP only group

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