title: Comparison of cardiovascular risk factors for peripheral artery disease and coronary artery disease in the korean population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to analyze and compare risk factors for peripheral artery disease (PAD) and coronary artery disease (CAD).
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample included 7936 Korean patients aged ≥20 years who were hospitalized from 1994 to 2004. Of the 7936 subjects, PAD (n=415), CAD (n=3686), and normal controls (Control) (n=3835) were examined at the Health Promotion Center, Samsung Medical Center.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age (years) of PAD subjects was 64.4 (±9.3), while CAD subjects was 61.2 (±9.9), and Control subjects was 59.9 (±9.1) (p<0.01). The proportion of males was 90.6% for PAD, 71.4% for CAD, and 75.5% for Control subjects (p<0.01). The adjusted odds ratios (ORs) for hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, smoking, metabolic syndrome and chronic kidney disease were significantly higher in subjects with PAD or CAD compared to those in Control. However, the ORs for high density lipoprotein, being overweight, and being obese were significantly lower in PAD subjects compared to those in Control.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found that cardiovascular risk factors were in fact risk factors for both PAD and CAD.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Cardiac and Vascular Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ; Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Shin Yi
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Eun Young
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.forename: Sung-Il
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Seung Wook
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Duk-Kyung
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: Coronary artery disease; Peripheral artery disease; Risk factors