BACKGROUND: While large epidemiological studies have suggested that the male gender is more frequently afflicted with intermittent claudication, there is little data whether there are gender differences in the distribution of peripheral vascular disease (PVD). The aim of this study was to clarify this issue on the basis of angiographic findings in patients presenting with claudication. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The radiology department computerised database was used to identify all lower limb angiograms performed for investigation of PVD. Patients undergoing incomplete assessment and those with normal angiograms were excluded. Demographic details for each patient were collected together with details of uni- or bilaterality of disease, the number of lesions present and their anatomical distribution according to the major named vessels. Only lesions reported as radiologically significant were included in the analysis. RESULTS: Five hundred consecutive angiograms fitting the defined study criteria were assessed. There were 310 males and 190 females giving a male to female ratio of 1.6:1. The most common distribution for both genders was multiple bilateral lesions. There were no significant differences in the number of stenoses in terms of ratio of bilateral to unilateral (2.39 vs 2.77) or ratio of multiple to single lesions (1.5 vs 1.7) between the female and male groups. Disease was more common in males at all anatomical locations, the most significant differences being for lesions of the common femoral and profunda femoris arteries. CONCLUSIONS: PVD is more commonly diagnosed in males than females. The disease process is more commonly bilateral in both genders and PVD affects more numerous sites in the male claudicant than in the female claudicant. Nevertheless, there does not appear to be any difference in the anatomical distribution of disease between genders.
BACKGROUND: While large epidemiological studies have suggested that the male gender is more frequently afflicted with intermittent claudication, there is little data whether there are gender differences in the distribution of peripheral vascular disease (PVD). The aim of this study was to clarify this issue on the basis of angiographic findings in patients presenting with claudication. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The radiology department computerised database was used to identify all lower limb angiograms performed for investigation of PVD. Patients undergoing incomplete assessment and those with normal angiograms were excluded. Demographic details for each patient were collected together with details of uni- or bilaterality of disease, the number of lesions present and their anatomical distribution according to the major named vessels. Only lesions reported as radiologically significant were included in the analysis. RESULTS: Five hundred consecutive angiograms fitting the defined study criteria were assessed. There were 310 males and 190 females giving a male to female ratio of 1.6:1. The most common distribution for both genders was multiple bilateral lesions. There were no significant differences in the number of stenoses in terms of ratio of bilateral to unilateral (2.39 vs 2.77) or ratio of multiple to single lesions (1.5 vs 1.7) between the female and male groups. Disease was more common in males at all anatomical locations, the most significant differences being for lesions of the common femoral and profunda femoris arteries. CONCLUSIONS: PVD is more commonly diagnosed in males than females. The disease process is more commonly bilateral in both genders and PVD affects more numerous sites in the male claudicant than in the female claudicant. Nevertheless, there does not appear to be any difference in the anatomical distribution of disease between genders.
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