Table 1 Baseline characteristics

Age (years)

68.7 ± 9.2

71.5 ± 7.9

68.3 ± 9.3

0.093

Male gender

141 (57.3)

17 (65.4)

124 (56.4)

0.379

Newly diagnosed PAD patient upon inclusion

17 (6.9)

2 (7.7)

15 (6.8)

0.868

Chronic PAD patient upon inclusion

229 (93.1)

24 (92.3)

205 (93.2)

0.868

Time between diagnosis and inclusion (months)

33 (8–101)

81 (19–121)

26 (7–89)

0.028*

Intermittent claudication

207 (84.1)

22 (84.6)

185 (84.1)

0.945

Chronic limb ischemia

39 (15.9)

4 (15.4)

35 (15.9)

0.945

History of myocardial infarction

72 (29.3)

14 (53.8)

58 (26.8)

0.004*

History of stroke

37 (15)

10 (38.5)

27 (12.3)

0.001*

Current smoking

94 (38.2)

11 (42.3)

83 (37.7)

0.649

Pack years

29 (15–40)

33 (18–50)

29 (15–40)

0.175

BMI (kg/m²)

26.4 ± 4.41

27.4 ± 5.9

26.3 ± 4.2

0.390

DM2

67 (27.2)

10 (38.5)

57 (25.9)

0.174

HbA1c (mmol/mol)

43 (37–51)

43 (37–53)

43 (37–50)

0.752

Creatinine (μmol/L)

85 (72–104)

101 (77–145)

83 (71–101)

0.006*

eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m²)

71 (58–83)

59 (42–80)

72 (59–84)

0.022*

Haemoglobin (mmol/L)

8.66 ± 0.97

8.3 ± 1.1

8.7 ± 0.95

0.026*

Haematocrit (L/L)

0.42 ± 0.04

0.4 ± 0.04

0.42 ± 0.04

0.027*

Thrombocytes (×  10³ /mm³)

272 ± 87

277 ± 82

271 ± 88

0.714

Leukocytes (×  10⁹/L)

7.89 ± 2.2

8.44 ± 3.1

7.83 ± 2

0.342

Neutrophils (%)

62.2 ± 8.2

64 ± 7.5

62 ± 8.2

0.228

Lymphocytes (%)

25.8 ± 6.8

24.1 ± 6.5

26 ± 6.9

0.168

Eosinophils (%)

2 (1–3)

2 (2–3)

2 (1–3)

0.254

Basophils (%)

1 (1–1)

1 (1–1)

1 (1–1)

0.544

Monocytes (%)

8.83 ± 2.4

8.8 ± 3.2

8.8 ± 2.3

0.901

NLR

2.4 (1.9–3.1)

2.5 (2–3.4)

2.4 (1.9–3.1)

0.288

ABI at diagnosis

0.156

> 1.30 (incompressible)

17 (6.9)

0 (0)

17 (7.7)

0.91–1.30

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0.70–0.90

109 (44.3)

9 (34.6)

100 (45.5)

0.40–0.69

99 (40.2)

16 (61.5)

83 (37.7)

< 0.40

21 (8.5)

1 (3.8)

20 (9.1)