Table 4. Results of screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm in the literature and our data.
| Author | Country | Population Gender/age | Number screened | Criteria for positiveness (diameter in mm) | % of patients with aneurysm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holdsworth et al.1 | United Kingdom | Men/65-79 | 628 | > 29 | 6.7 |
| Kyriakides et al.2 | United Kingdom | Men/65 | 3,497 | > 30 | 4.9 |
| Vazquez et al.3 | Belgium | Men/65 and 75 | 727 | > 29 | 4.5 |
| Boll et al.4 | Netherlands | Men/65-80 | 2,416 | > 29 | 8.1 |
| Scott et al.5 | United Kingdom | Men/65-80 | 1,947 | > 29 | 7.6 |
| Women/65-80 | 2,290 | > 29 | 1.3 | ||
| Lindholt et al.6 | Denmark | Men/65-73 | 3,748 | > 29 | 4.1 |
| Krohn et al.7 | Norway | Men/> 60 | 500 | > 29 or 50% greater than proximal aorta | 8.2 |
| Collin et al.8 | United Kingdom | Men/65-74 | 426 | > 40 or 5 mm greater than suprarenal aorta | 5.4 |
| Lederle et al.9 | United States of America | Men/50-79 | 52,745 | > 29 | 3.6 |
| Lucarotti et al.10 | United Kingdom | Men/65 | 4,232 | 26-39 | 7.1 |
| > 39 | 1.3 | ||||
| Ögren et al.11 | Sweden | Men/74 | 343 | > 35 | 11.1 |
| Morris et al.12 | United Kingdom | Men/> 50 | 3,030 | > 25 | 11.1 |
| Bonamigo and Siqueira13 | Brazil | Men/> 54 | 1,012 | > 29 or 3.5 mm greater than suprarenal aorta | 1.7 |
| Present study | Brazil | Men/> 50 | 1,228 | > 29 | 4.6 |
| Women/> 50 | 1,528 | > 29 | 0.6 |