Table 1.

The demographic and clinical characteristics of patients

Patient characteristics	SIDSMA (n = 57)	Plaque (n = 64)	p-value
Age (years), mean ± SD	54.4 ± 9.1	74.7 ± 9.1	<0.001
Male, n (%)	55 (96.5%)	37 (57.8%)	<0.001
Acute abdominal pain, n (%)	51 (89.5%)	23 (35.9%)	<0.001
Hypertension, n (%)	16 (28.1%)	28 (43.8%)	0.073
Diabetes mellitus, n (%)	3 (5.3%)	12 (18.6%)	0.025
Smoking history, n (%)	22 (38.6%)	15 (23.4%)	0.108
Intra-abdominal cancer, n (%)	3 (5.3%)	16 (25%)	0.003

SD, standard deviation; SIDSMA, spontaneous isolated dissection of the superior mesenteric artery.