Table 3

Rand-36 scores and Spearman's correlations with walking distances

Domain

Rand-36 score

ICD

FCD

ACD

Median (IQR)

Correlation

P value

Correlation

P value

Correlation

P value


Physical function

55.6 (50.0 – 72.2)

0.473*

0.022

0.571**

0.004

0.496*

0.016

Social function

87.5 (75.0 – 100.0)

-0.046

0.836

0.001

0.998

-0.065

0.768

Physical role

75.0 (0.0 – 100.0)

0.407

0.054

0.532**

0.009

0.519*

0.011

Emotional role

100.0 (100.0 – 100.0)

0.068

0.758

0.157

0.476

0.121

0.584

Mental health

84.0 (64.0 – 92.0)

0.014

0.948

0.132

0.549

0.092

0.676

Vitality

60.0 (55.0 – 70.0)

0.152

0.488

0.416*

0.048

0.366

0.086

Pain

67.3 (55.1 – 69.4)

0.338

0.114

0.437*

0.037

0.352

0.099

General health

50.0 (40.0 – 60.0)

0.518*

0.011

0.392

0.065

0.371

0.081

Health change

50 (25.0 – 75.0)

0.382

0.072

0.414*

0.050

0.446*

0.033


IQR: inter quartile range, ICD: initial claudication distance, FCD: functional claudication distance, ACD: absolute claudication distance.

* Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level,

** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level.

Kruidenier et al. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2009 9:9   doi:10.1186/1471-2261-9-9

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