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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of PAD patients and healthy control subjects.

From: The effect of pharmacological treatment on gait biomechanics in peripheral arterial disease patients

 

Patient (N = 30 limbs)

Control (N = 28 limbs)

Clinical Characteristics

  

Gender (Male/Female)

15/1

13/1

Age (years)

65.8 ± 9.51

64.7 ± 10.3

Body mass (kg)

79.97 ± 14.90

81.16 ± 21.45

Body height (m)

1.71 ± .46

1.73 ± .88

BMI

27.28 ± 4.99

26.9 ± 5.34

ABI

  

Right

0.55 ± 0.14

>.90

Left

0.60 ± 0.20

>.90

Hypertension (%)

75

0

Smoking (%)

31.3

0

Hyperlipidemia (%)

75

0

Diabetes mellitus (%)

0

0

  1. Note: ABI is the ratio of systolic pressure at the posterior tibial and dorsal pedis artery in the ankle and the brachial artery in the arm where an ABI < 0.9 is an indication of PAD.