Gaps in awareness of peripheral arterial disease in Sri Lanka: a cross sectional study

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Awareness of peripheral arterial disease, cerebrovascular accidents, and myocardial infarction (n = 2779)

Disease	Aware		Not aware ^a		Significance (paired t-test)
Disease	No.	%	No.	%	Significance (paired t-test)
PAD (Blocked arteries in lower limbs)	114	4.1	2665	95.9	Reference
CVA (Stroke)	1869	67.3	910	32.7	p < 0.001
MI (Heart attack)	1600	57.6	1179	42.4	p < 0.001

CVA cerebrovascular accident, MI myocardial infarction, PAD peripheral arterial disease
^a “not heard about the disease” and “heard but could not describe the disease” combined as “not aware”

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