Peripheral arterial occlusive disease: Global gene expression analyses suggest a major role for immune and inflammatory responses

Table 1 Patient characteristics for the 25 samples in the microarray analysis

	Intermediate lesions group (n = 11)	Advanced lesions group (n = 14)
Age*	76.1 ± 4.68	76.6 ± 3.79
Male, n (%)	8(72.7)	12(85.7)
Hypertension^†, n (%)
Yes	4(36.4)	9(64.3)
no	7(63.6)	5(35.7)
Hypercholesterolemia, n (%)
Yes	9(81.8)	11(78.6)
no	2(18.2)	3(21.4)
Diabetes, n (%)
Yes	7(63.6)	10(71.4)
no	4(36.4)	4(28.6)

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