Table 4.

Genetic Polymorphisms and occurrence of cardiac adverse events

				Freedom from [%] at
Factor	Definition	n	Outcome	5 years	10 years	15 years	P
eNos	bb	141	Reintervention	93.9	88.7	75.9	0.041
4ab	aa/ab	51		87.5	67.9	62.7
	bb	141	Combined	89.3	56.0	13.2	0.042
	aa/ab	51		80.4	40.6	5.1
ApoE	2 3/3 3/3 4	182	Reintervention	92.3	84.5	75.1	0.001
	2 4/4 4	10		90.0	64.3	32.1
LIPC	WW/WM	144	Reoperation	96.4	74.6	27.5	0.049
	MM	48		89.5	54.5	9.9

See Additional File 1for abbreviations of polymorphisms. M: Mutation; W: Wildtype. Significant differences are in italics (p < 0.05) or bold (p < 0.01) print.