Figure 2

Forrest plot for LE-PAD in relation to tertiles of the aortic diameter in the whole population. CI, confidence interval. LE-PAD, lower-extremity peripheral artery disease. Crude, not adjusted; Model I adjusted for sex, age and body mass index; Model II adjusted for sex, age, body mass index, heart rate, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, cigarette smoking, folic acid supplementation, level of total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL-C, fasting glucose, creatinine, uric acid, homocysteine, and MTHFR C677T polymorphisms.