Abstract
Objective: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) affects more than 200 million people.1 With an estimated prevalence of 3 – 29% in women.2 Asymptomatic PAD is more common in women than in men.3 However, when symptomatic, women have a more complex and severe disease, affecting several arterial sectors (with chronic limb threatening ischaemia, CLTI) and with worse outcomes.3–6 Women present with symptoms, on average, 10 – 20 years later than men.4 There has been a low representation of women in PAD studies and clinical trials.7 This study aims to characterise PAD in hospitalised women. It is an objective to compare the cardiovascular risk factors, clinical presentation, therapeutic strategies, and outcomes between women and men.
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