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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: After adjustment for age, sex, smoking, body mass index, and diabetes, subjects with PAD had greater levels of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (between group comparisons 22 %, 95 % confidence interval [10-31], P <. 01), myeloperoxidase (12 % [2-20], P =. 01), interleukin-6 (13 % [4-21], P =. 01), adiponectin (17 % [7-26], P <. 01), intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (7 % [2-11], P <. 01), osteoprotegrin (6 % [1-10], P =. 02), CD40 ligand (15 % [1-28], P =. 04), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (17 % [1-31], P =. 04), and triglycerides (11 % [0. 2-21], P =. 05).