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Area of Science:

  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Rehabilitation Science
  • Gender Studies in Health

Background:

  • Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) affects men and women equally, but women experience a greater disease burden.
  • Existing research on gender-specific outcomes of supervised exercise therapy (SET) for intermittent claudication (IC) presents conflicting findings.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate gender differences in outcomes following SET for patients with IC.
  • To analyze changes in absolute claudication distance (ACD), functional walking distance, quality of life, and walking disability between men and women.

Main Methods:

  • A secondary analysis of the Exercise Therapy in Peripheral Arterial Disease (EXITPAD) study, a randomized controlled trial.
  • Included 113 men and 56 women with IC receiving SET, with 12-month follow-up data.
  • Primary outcome was the change in absolute claudication distance (ACD); secondary outcomes included functional walking distance, quality of life (SF-36), and walking disability (WIQ).

Main Results:

  • Both men and women showed improvement in ACD with SET.
  • Women exhibited a significantly lower increase in ACD during the initial 3 months of SET compared to men (220m vs 280m).
  • After 12 months, women had significantly shorter absolute walking distances (565m) than men (660m). No significant differences in quality of life were observed, though some WIQ subdomains differed.

Conclusions:

  • Women with IC experience less benefit from SET in the early stages and achieve shorter walking distances at 12 months compared to men.
  • The findings suggest a potential need for gender-tailored treatment strategies for intermittent claudication.