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. 2017 Feb 9;12(2):e0170600. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170600

Table 3. Pooled ORs for association of commonly studied risk factors with Type II endoleak.

Potential risk factors No. of studies Total no. of participants Pooled OR 95% CI P value I2
Age 8 6278 0.37 0.31–0.43 <0.001 99.0
Male 12 11775 0.83 0.67–1.02 0.059 46.4
Smoking 14 20477 0.71 0.55–0.92 <0.001 86.4
Diabetes 10 7303 0.91 0.76–1.09 0.251 20.9
Hypertension 10 7281 0.98 0.85–1.12 0.484 0
Hyperlipidemia 7 5522 1.12 0.83–1.49 0.814 74.7
Chronic renal insufficiency 10 9201 0.85 0.53–1.36 0.600 85.3
COPD 10 5745 0.84 0.69–1.03 0.135 34.1
Polytrafluoroethylene-based endografts 7 8396 0.88 0.65–1.18 0.390 70.8
Anticoagulants 5 3758 1.27 0.97–1.67 0.537 0
Antiplatelet 5 3758 1.09 0.79–1.51 0.220 65.6
Patent IMA 3 4353 1.98 1.06–3.71 0.012 77.6
Number of patent lumbar arteries 2 758 3.07 2.81–3.33 <0.001 99.8
Maximum aneurysm diameter 7 4858 0.23 0.17–0.30 <0.001 98.0