PAD itself was a strong and independent predictor of mortality: at five years, all cause mortality was 24% in patients with symptomatic PAD and 19% among those with no signs or symptoms.

• PAD本身就是很强的独立的死亡预测因素：PAD的五年全因死亡率在有症状患者中为24%25，在无症状或体征的患者中为19%25。