Table 1.

Summary of experimental groups

Group	N	Age (Years ± SD)	Sex
Control – MA	5	65.4 ± 9.8	3 M, 2 F
eAAA – MA	5	64 ± 3.9	3 M, 2 F
Control - PCR	7	64.6 ± 4.2	7 M
eAAA – PCR	25	70.5 ± 6.1	23 M, 2 F
rAAA – PCR	11	71.9 ± 9.1	10 M, 1 F

MA, microarray; PCR, qRT-PCR; M, male; F, female; eAAA, elective repair for AAA; rAAA, ruptured AAA.

For detailed information on donors, see Additional file 1: Table S1.