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Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics by PAD status

From: Body composition and ankle-brachial index in Ghanaians with asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease in a tertiary hospital

 

All participants (n = 623)

PAD (n = 261)

Non-PAD (n = 362)

p

Age, yrs

54.1 ± 10.6

54.2 ± 10.7

53.5 ± 10.2

0.493

Female, n (%)

331 (51.3)

163 (26.2)

168 (27)

0.01

Diabetes, n (%)

358 (57.4)

192 (30.8)

166 (26.6)

0.245

Duration of diabetes, yrs

6.8 ± 5.9

7.4 ± 6.2

6.2 ± 5.2

0.068

Hypertension, n (%)

292 (46.9)

143 (23)

149 (23.9)

<0.001

BMI, kg/m2

28 ± 8.2

29.8 ± 8.7

26.5 ± 7.6

0.043

Height, cm

163 ± 11

163 ± 12

164 ± 12

0.402

Waist circumference, cm

93 ± 13

95 ± 15

92 ± 24

0.034

Hip circumference, cm

102 ± 12

103 ± 14

101 ± 10

0.131

Waist-hip ratio

0.92 ± 0.09

0.92 ± 0.09

0.92 ± 0.23

0.873

Waist-height ratio

0.56 ± 0.07

0.59 ± 0.09

0.54 ± 0.07

0.855

Systolic BP, mmHg

133 ± 27

135 ± 25

130 ± 26

0.042

Diastolic BP, mmHg

80 ± 13

83 ± 13

79 ± 13

0.25

Pulse BP, mmHg

55 ± 19

56 ± 21

54 ± 15

0.318

Mean BP, mmHg

98 ± 15

98 ± 16

98 ± 15

0.296

Heart rate, bpm

70 ± 13

79 ± 16

63 ± 15

0.008

Employed, n (%)

   

0.127

 Unemployed

232 (37.2)

108 (17.2)

124 (20)

 

 Part-time employment

38 (6.1)

14 (2.2)

24 (3.9)

 

 Full employment

353 (56.7)

136 (21.8)

217 (34.9)

 

Smoking, n (%)

   

0.22

 Current

32 (5.1)

11 (1.7)

21 (3.4)

 

 Former

111 (17.9)

44 (7)

67 ((10.9)

 

 Never

480 (77)

203 (32.5)

277 (44.5)

 

Alcohol intake, n (%)

189 (30.3)

118 (18.9)

71 (11.4)

0.237

Insulin use, n (%)

177 (28.4)

121 (19.4)

56 (9)

0.01