Table 1. Characteristics of patients with aortic diseases.
| Variables | AAA (F1, %) | TAA (F2, %) | Type A AD (F3, %) | Type B AD (F4, %) | PTotal |
| Mean age (years) | 70.85 | 64.54 | 47.95 | 53.37 | |
| Male ratio | 89.21±8.08 (843/945) | 56.34±13.51 (40/71) | 80.52±2.88 (186/231) | 84.97±1.19 (2545/2995) | 0.000<0.01 |
| Smoker | 55.68±9.19 (103/185) | – | 42.86±14.14 (15/35) | 54.46±5.79 (183/336) | 0.371 |
| Hypertension | 59.83±4.57 (557/931) | 75.00±20.15 (42/56) | 67.57±2.76 (150/222) | 85.74±1.38 (2922/3408) | 0.000<0.01 |
| Coronary heart disease | 27.36±2.24 (255/932) | 16.67±6.12 (9/54) | 17.24±3.59 (10/58) | 13.64±0.60 (269/1972) | 0.000<0.01 |
| Diabetes | 10.78±1.14 (80/742) | 16.67±6.12 (9/54) | 9.46±2.03 (7/74) | 14.17±0.92 (236/1666) | 0.093 |
| Pulmonary disease | 15.71±1.55 (123/783) | 11.11±3.55 (6/54) | – | 6.60±0.29 (88/1334) | 0.000<0.01 |
| Renal disease | 6.68±0.50 (25/374) | 7.41±2.14 (4/54) | 10±1.67 (6/60) | 7.75±0.25 (165/2130) | 0.807 |
| Cerebral vessel disease | 9.06±0.66 (31/342) | – | 8.62±1.22 (5/58) | 4.19±0.29 (58/1384) | 0.002<0.01 |
| Rupture | 1.27±0.57 (1/79) | 4.65±0.00 (2/43) | 8.00±3.06 (4/50) | 8.93±1.92 (31/347) | 0.043<0.05 |
Male ratio: F1>F2 (P = 0.000); F1>F3 (P = 0.000); F1>F4 (P = 0.001); F2<F3 (P = 0.000); F2<F4 (P = 0.000); F3 vs. F4: no significant differences. Hypertension: F1<F2 (P = 0.024); F1<F3 (P = 0.033); F1<F4 (P = 0.000); F2<F4 (P = 0.023); F3<F4 (P = 0.000); F2 vs. F3: no significant differences. Coronary heart diseases: F1>F4 (P = 0.000); No significant differences in other two-group comparisons. Pulmonary diseases: F1>F4 (P = 0.000); No significant differences in other two-group comparisons. Cerebral vessel diseases: F1>F4 (P = 0.000); No significant differences in other two-group comparisons. Rupture: F1<F4 (P = 0.020); No significant differences in other two-group comparisons. (“–” stands for no available data for specific variables in the literature).