05 August 2023 : Clinical Research
Assessing Automatic Plethysmographic Ankle-Brachial Index Devices in Peripheral Artery Disease Detection: A Comparative Study with Doppler Ankle-Brachial Index Measurements
Aleksandra Danieluk
1ABCDEF*, Anna Kamieńska 1BCD, Sławomir Chlabicz 1ADE
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.940829
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e940829
Table 1 Demographics of the study participants.
| n | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Male sex | 71 | 24.7% |
| Female sex | 217 | 75.3% |
| Smoker | 208 | 71.7% |
| Abnormal body mass index | 213 | 73.7% |
| Coronary heart disease | 28 | 9.7% |
| Atrial fibrillation | 28 | 9.7% |
| Hypertension | 185 | 63.8% |
| Diabetes | 46 | 15.9% |
| Chronic kidney disease | 4 | 1.4% |
| Acute coronary incident | 13 | 4.5% |
| Transient ischemic attack | 2 | 1.0% |
| Stroke | 6 | 2.1% |
| Glucose lowering medication | 50 | 17.2% |
| Antiplatelet medication | 57 | 19.7% |
| Anticoagulants | 18 | 6.2% |
| Blood pressure lowering medication | 178 | 61.4% |
| Statins | 109 | 37.6% |
| Previous PAD diagnosis and treatment | 6 | 2.1% |
| Positive Edinburgh questionnaire | 30 | 10.3% |
| Abnormal Doppler ABI | 48 | 16.8% |
| Abnormal automatic ABI | 14 | 5.9% |
| Non-diagnostic Doppler ABI | 4 | 1.4% |
| Non-diagnostic automatic ABI | 8 | 3.4% |
| ABI – ankle-brachial index; PAD – peripheral artery disease. | ||