. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 5.

Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Sep 29;143(3):704–710. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.08.036

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of human subjects without and with thoracic aortic aneurysms.

	Controls (n=54)	Aneurysms (n=26)	P value
Age (years)	68.4±10.5	68.8±12.4	0.89
Gender (male/female)	50(93%)/4(7%)	23(88%)/3(12%)	0.67
Race (caucasian/other)	21(81%)/5(19%)	49(91%)/5(9%)	0.28
Risk factors for atherosclerosis
Diabetes	12(22%)	5(19%)	0.76
Hyperlipidemia	14(26%)	4(15%)	0.29
Hypertension	30(56%)	17(65%)	0.47
Current smoker	5(9%)	4(15%)	0.42
Diagnosis of atherosclerosis^*	4(7%)	4(15%)	0.27

includes coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease Data are means±SD or N (% of total). P values for comparison between controls and aneurysm subjects calculated by Fisher exact test or Chi-square for proportions and non-paired t-test for means. P<0.05 considered significant.