MMP19 and peripheral arterial disease: On the other hand, in the PAD (‒) group, the odds ratio of RASi (+) to RASi (‒) was 0.84 (95% CI 0.11 to 4.60) in univariate analysis and 0.92 (95% CI 0.15 to 5.76) in multivariate analysis, indicating that the RASi (+) patients tended to have fewer hospitalizations.