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Table 2 Demographics and risk factor characteristic in patient population, N = 200

From: Validity and test retest reliability of the vascular quality of life Questionnaire-6: a short form of a disease-specific health-related quality of life instrument for patients with peripheral arterial disease

 

Total sample

Patients test retest n = 134

Age mean (SD)

72 (9.5)

71 (7.8)

Sex n (%)

 Male/female

111 (55)/89 (45)

71 (53)/63 (47)

Severity of disease n (%)

 Claudication

29 (15)

20 (15)

 Critical ischemia

141 (70)

94 (70)

 Othera

14 (7)

11 (8)

 Missing

16 (8)

9 (7)

Type of intervention n (%)

 Open surgery

46 (23)

36 (27)

 Endovascular

134 (67)

84 (63)

 Combination open/endovascular

9 (4)

8 (6)

 Missing

11 (6)

6 (4)

Risk factors n (%)

 Smoking current/previous

29 (14)/61(30)

20 (15)/42 (31)

 Hypertension

111 (55)

36 (27)

 Cardiac disease

57 (28)

75 (56)

 Diabetes

60 (30)

36 (27)

 Renal disease

25 (13)

28 (21)

 Chronic pulmonary disease

33 (16)

15 (11)

 Missing

24 (12)

16 (12)

  1. aPatients classified as acute ischemia, graft occlusion or popliteal aneurysm