Research Article
Endothelial Dysfunction of Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease Measured by Peripheral Arterial Tonometry
Table 2
Univariate analysis of the correlations between endothelial function and various parameters.
| | Variables | | value |
| | Categorical variables | | | | Gender | | 0.692 | | Smoking history | | 0.741 | | Hypertension | | 0.887 | | Dyslipidemia | | 0.972 | | Coronary artery disease | | 0.689 | | Cerebrovascular disease | | 0.143 | | Chronic kidney disease | | 0.316 | | Diabetes mellitus | | 0.667 | | Nitroglycerin | | 0.961 | | β-Blocker | | 0.860 | | ACE-I | | 0.191 | | ARB | | 0.972 | | Statin | | 0.475 |
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| | Continuous variables | | | | Age | | | | Body mass index | | | | Ankle brachial pressure index | | | | White blood cell | | | | Hemoglobin | | | | Platelet (104/μL) | | | | Prothrombin time (%) | | | | Activated partial thromboplastin time | | | | Fibrinogen | | | | Albumin | | | | Creatinine | | | | Total cholesterol | | | | Triglycerides | | | | High-density lipoprotein | | | | Low-density lipoprotein | | | | Hemoglobin A1c | | | | C-reactive protein | 0.011 | 0.930 |
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ACE-I, angiotensin converting enzyme-inhibitor; ARB, angiotensin II receptor blocker.
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