Table 2. Differences in clinical characteristics between aortic dissection patients with and without media calcifications.

	Presumed media calcifications in the aorta (N = 22)	Non-specific or no calcifications in the aorta (N = 47)	P-value for difference
Age; mean (SD)	75.1 (5.9)	71.4 (7.2)	0.04
Gender male; N (%)	12 (55%)	38 (81%)	0.04
Stanford A; N (%)	10 (45%)	27 (57%)	0.44
Acute dissection; N (%)	10 (45%)	36 (77%)	0.02
Diabetes; N (%)	0 (0%); 4 unknown	5 (14%); 12 unknown	0.18
Hypertension; N (%)	13 (72%); 4 unknown	23 (62%); 10 unknown	0.73
Smoking; N (%)	4 (22%); 4 unknown	7 (21%); 14 unknown	0.59
Dyslipidemia; N (%)	3 (19%); 6 unknown	6 (18%); 13 unknown	0.99
Renal dysfunction; N (%)	4 (21%); 3 unknown	11 (28%); 7 unknown	0.86

Differences are tested with unpaired samples T-test (age) or Chi-square (other variables).