Table 1.
Total (n =103) | Male (n =75) | Female (n =28) | P Value | Ruptured (n =79) | Symptomatic (n =24) | P Value | |
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Mean (SD) age, y | 78.7 (8.6) | 78.0 (8.5) | 80.6 (8.8) | 0.17 | 78.8 (9.2) | 78.2 (6.5) | 0.76 |
Male (%) | 75 (72.8) | 59 (74.7) | 16 (66.7) | 0.44 | |||
Previous vascular disease (%) | |||||||
Angina | 32 (31.1) | 23 (30.7) | 9 (32.1) | 0.89 | 25 (31.6) | 7 (29.2) | 0.82 |
Acute coronary syndrome | 25 (24.3) | 21 (28.0) | 4 (14.3) | 0.20 | 19 (24.1) | 6 (25.0) | 0.92 |
Transient ischaemic attack | 18 (17.5) | 14 (18.7) | 4 (14.3) | 0.77 | 14 (17.7) | 4 (16.7) | 0.91 |
Stroke | 18 (17.5) | 14 (18.7) | 4 (14.3) | 0.77 | 12 (15.2) | 6 (25.0) | 0.27 |
Peripheral arterial disease | 19 (18.4) | 12 (16.0) | 7 (25.0) | 0.30 | 12 (15.2) | 7 (29.2) | 0.12 |
Any | 59 (57.3) | 41 (54.7) | 18 (64.3) | 0.38 | 45 (57.0) | 14 (58.3) | 0.91 |
Risk factors (%) | |||||||
Current smoker | 35 (34.0) | 29 (38.7) | 6 (21.4) | 0.10 | 25 (31.6) | 10 (41.7) | 0.36 |
Ever smoked | 79 (76.7) | 62 (82.7) | 17 (60.7) | 0.02 | 60 (75.9) | 19 (79.2) | 0.74 |
Hypertension | 70 (68.0) | 44 (58.7) | 26 (92.9) | 0.001 | 51 (64.6) | 19 (79.2) | 0.18 |
Diabetes mellitus | 11 (10.7) | 8 (10.7) | 3 (10.7) | 1.00 | 8 (10.1) | 3 (12.5) | 0.72 |
Cardiac failure | 14 (13.6) | 8 (10.7) | 6 (21.4) | 0.16 | 12 (15.2) | 2 (8.3) | 0.51 |
Atrial fibrillation | 20 (19.4) | 15 (20.0) | 5 (17.9) | 0.81 | 17 (21.5) | 3 (12.5) | 0.39 |
Medications (%) | |||||||
Statin | 45 (43.7) | 32 (42.7) | 13 (46.4) | 0.73 | 33 (41.8) | 12 (50.0) | 0.48 |
Aspirin | 44 (42.7) | 33 (44.0) | 11 (39.3) | 0.67 | 33 (41.8) | 11 (45.8) | 0.73 |
Other antiplatelet agents | 4 (3.9) | 3 (4.0) | 1 (3.6) | 1.00 | 2 (2.5) | 2 (8.3) | 0.23 |
Warfarin | 10 (9.7) | 8 (10.7) | 2 (7.1) | 0.72 | 9 (11.4) | 1 (4.2) | 0.45 |
Antihypertensives (%) | |||||||
0 | 31 (30.1) | 29 (38.7) | 2 (7.1) | 26 (32.9) | 5 (20.8) | ||
1 | 24 (23.3) | 14 (18.7) | 10 (35.7) | 18 (22.8) | 6 (25.0) | ||
≥2 | 48 (46.6) | 32 (42.7) | 16 (57.1) | 0.004 | 35 (44.3) | 13 (54.2) | 0.43 |