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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Surg. 2013 Dec 30;59(5):1209–1216. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2013.10.104

TABLE II.

Differences in measures of body size by gender and rupture status.

Total
P-value Non-ruptured
P-value Ruptured
P-value
Men Women Men Women Men Women
AAA Diameter (cm), mean ± SD 6.1 ± 1.4 5.8 ± 1.3 <.001 5.9 ± 1.2 5.7 ± 1.1 <.001 7.8 ± 1.9 7.1 ± 2.1 0.006
 <5.5, % 33 41 <.001 36 43 <.001 10 17 0.093
 <5.0, % 10 12 0.035 11 13 0.050 4 4 1.000
 <4.5, % 5 5 0.671 6 5 0.796 3 0 0.361
Height (m), mean ± SD 1.8 ± 0.1 1.6 ± 0.1 <.001 1.8 ± 0.1 1.6 ± 0.1 <.001 1.8 ± 0.1 1.6 ± 0.1 <.001
Weight (kg), mean ± SD 85 ± 18 71 ± 16 <.001 85 ± 18 71 ± 17 <.001 85 ± 21 70 ± 14 <.001
BSA (m2), mean ± SD 2.0 ± 0.2 1.7 ± 0.2 <.001 2.0 ± 0.2 1.7 ± 0.2 <.001 2.0 ± 0.2 1.7 ± 0.2 <.001
BSA > gender-specific mean, % 75 79 0.011 74 78 0.008 82 83 0.874
BMI, mean ± SD 28 ± 5 27 ± 6 0.004 28 ± 5 27 ± 6 0.007 28 ± 5 27 ± 6 0.297
 Underweight, % 3 5 2 4 4 9
 Normal weight, % 28 33 28 34 27 29
 Overweight, % 40 33 <.001 41 33 <.001 35 41 0.174
 Obese, % 22 20 21 20 27 14
 Morbidly obese, % 7 9 7 9 8 7

Underweight, BMI <18.5; normal weight, BMI 18.5–24.9; overweight, 25.0–29.9; obese, 30–39.9; morbidly obese, ≥ 40