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. 2005 Oct;18(4):345–367. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2005.11928095

Table 2.

Association of gender, race, and smoking status with the prevalence of small and medium-sized AAAs among 73,451 US military veterans aged 50 to 79 years*

Prevalence or pretest probability (%)
Race Sex Smoking status >3 cm >4 cm
Smoker 5.9 1.9
White Male
Nonsmoker 1.9 0.4
Smoker 1.9 0.3
White Female
Nonsmoker 0.6 0
Smoker 3.2 0.8
Black Male
Nonsmoker 1.4 0.1

*The prevalence of AAAs among black females was not reported due to the low number of black females in the sample of veterans. Adapted from Table 2 in reference 33 with permission from the American College of Physicians.

AAA indicates abdominal aortic aneurysm.

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