Peripheral artery disease as defined by ABI < 90% and/or TBI < 64% was demonstrated in 20.7% (40/193) of patients and in addition to the associations also seen between certain risk factors (age, sex, duration, vibratory perception threshold, and P-NT-proBNP) and coronary atherosclerosis, these patients also had higher P-creatinine (80.3 vs. 74.2 μmol/l, p = 0.052), lower heart rate variability (median 5 vs. 8 bpm, p = 0.003) and lower BMI (30.3 vs. 32,7 kg/m2, p = 0.02) compared to patients without peripheral atherosclerosis. Here, NPPB is linked to peripheral arterial disease.