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Table 1 Demographic, health characteristic, and comorbidity differences between those with and without PAD in the 5EU and United States

From: Burden of peripheral arterial disease in Europe and the United States: a patient survey

 

5EU

US

 

PAD

No PAD

PAD

No PAD

 

n = 743

n = 57, 062

n = 777

n = 74,223

Age (Mean ± SD)

58.1 ± 13.0*

46.3 ± 15.8

62.4 ± 11.3*

48.0 ± 16.5

Male

47.24%

48.62%

59.46%*

48.10%

College/University education

36.07%*

44.64%

28.19%*

41.22%

Currently employed

31.09%*

56.92%

21.88%*

55.48%

Body mass index category

    

  Underweight

2.02%

2.81%

1.42%

1.80%

  Normal

29.21%*

42.32%

19.43%*

30.90%

  Overweight

36.20%

33.17%

29.60%

32.30%

  Obese

30.96%*

19.01%

48.52%*

32.67%

  Decline to answer weight

1.62%

2.69%

1.03%*

2.32%

Currently smoke

33.92%*

28.35%

35.65%*

18.91%

Currently drink

69.31%*

78.84%

51.61%*

65.20%

Regularly exercise

46.43%*

57.01%

39.51%*

65.30%

Charlson comorbidity index (Mean, SD)

1.8*

0.72

2.69*

0.92

Comorbidity clusters

    

  Cancer

11.84%*

4.93%

20.33%*

8.72%

  Gastrointestinal

44.15%*

23.32%

51.74%*

23.23%

  Infectious disease

4.98%*

1.51%

7.08%*

1.76%

  Arthritis

20.73%*

8.45%

54.83%*

19.42%

  Psychiatric

36.61%*

18.58%

44.27%*

21.83%

  Respiratory

34.72%*

21.97%

53.15%*

31.43%

  Renal

5.38%*

1.07%

7.85%*

0.87%

  Liver disease

1.21%*

0.16%

1.42%*

0.19%

  Diabetes

20.19%*

6.12%

38.35%*

10.51%

  Cardiovascular

73.89%*

35.78%

88.16%*

42.28%

  Previous MI

10.90%*

1.65%

26.25%*

2.82%

  Cerebrovascular

8.21%*

1.47%

15.06%*

2.12%

  1. *PAD and no PAD groups differ within region, p < .05.
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