Study population
atherosclerotic, Peripheral Arterial Disease
PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE
Analyses were based on patients included in the Peripheral Arterial Disease in Västmanland study (PADVa), based on patients with atherosclerotic PVD.In total, 452 patients (73.6%) accepted the invitation to join the study. Everyone in the study was offered ABPM, of whom 35 individuals declined. We excluded patients with < 10 daytime or < five night-time ABPM measurements (The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Uppsala University, Sweden (Dnr 2005:382). All participants gave their written informed consent. The study is identified as ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT01452165.