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.