Table 1.

Comparison of cardiovascular risk factors in cases with idiopathic aortitis and control patients with non-inflammatory ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms

	Cases (n = 50)	Controls (n = 100)	Odds ratio (95% CI)	Odds ratio (95% CI) adjusted for gender
Gender female, percentage	52	31	2.41 (1.20, 4.85)
Hypertension, percentage	76	69	1.42 (0.66, 3.09)	1.27 (0.57, 2.81)
Hyperlipidemia, percentage	45	51	0.78 (0.39, 1.56)	0.84 (0.42, 1.69)
Diabetes mellitus, percentage	6	14	0.39 (0.11, 1.43)	0.44 (0.12, 1.64)
Smoking, percentage
Current	18	6
Former	52	62	3.37 (1.12, 10.08)a	3.24 (1.05, 9.96)
Never	30	32
Family history of aortic aneurysms, percentage	15	10	1.61 (0.56, 4.63)	1.37 (0.46, 4.06)

^aCurrent versus never or former smokers. CI, confidence interval.