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. 2017 Jul 26;104(12):1656–1664. doi: 10.1002/bjs.10600

Table 3.

Characteristics and outcomes for ruptured open and endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Open repair EVAR
Women Men P Women Men P
UK National Vascular Registry 653 3037 132 730
Age (years)* 77·7(7·1) 74·8(7·9) < 0·001§ 79·8(8·6) 77·4(8·7)  0·002§
(n = 653) (n = 3037) (n = 132) (n = 730)
AAA diameter (mm) 72 (60–80) 80 (70–90) < 0·001§ 69 (60–80) 77 (64–90) < 0·001§
(n = 286) (n = 1503) (n = 122) (n = 648)
Co‐morbidities
Diabetes 44 of 269 (16·4) 350 of 1318 (26·6) < 0·001   18 of 71 (25) 79 of 396 (19·9) 0·872
Hypertension 131 of 269 (48·7) 507 of 1318 (38·5) 0·002 35 of 71 (49) 179 of 396 (45·2) 0·614
COPD 46 of 269 (17·1) 181 of 1318 (13·7) 0·184 16 of 71 (23) 83 of 396 (21·0) 0·893
IHD 93 of 269 (34·6) 506 of 1318 (38·4) 0·271 29 of 71 (41) 184 of 396 (46·5) 0·465
Heart failure 14 of 269 (5·2) 67 of 1318 (5·1) 1·000 9 of 71 (13) 42 of 396 (10·6) 0·762
Renal failure 25 of 269 (9·3) 92 of 1318 (7·0) 0·231 11 of 71 (15) 55 of 396 (13·9) 0·861
Stroke 21 of 269 (7·8) 103 of 1318 (7·8) 1·000 5 of 71 (7) 37 of 396 (9·3) 0·691
Current smoker 178 of 591 (30·1) 786 of 2693 (29·2) 0·693 27 of 125 (21·6) 163 of 662 (24·6) 0·543
Duration of critical care stay (days) 5 (2–8) 4 (2–10)  0·952§ 2 (1–4) 2 (1–4)  0·644§
(n = 286) (n = 1503) (n = 62) (n = 394)
Duration of hospital stay (days) 12 (3–23) 11 (5–21)  0·861§ 9 (4–17) 8 (4–16)  0·621§
(n = 653) (n = 3017) (n = 132) (n = 730)
In‐hospital death 260 of 653 (39·8) 1120 of 3037 (36·9) 0·172 33 of 132 (25·0) 151 of 730 (20·7) 0·321
HES – England
In‐hospital death 284 of 845 (33·6) 1109 of 4089 (27·1) < 0·001   31 of 244 (12·7) 148 of 1276 (11·6) 0·612

Values in parentheses are percentages unless indicated otherwise; values are

*

mean(s.d.) and

median (i.q.r.).

EVAR, endovascular aneurysm repair; AAA, abdominal aortic aneurysm; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; IHD, ischaemic heart disease; HES, Hospital Episode Statistics.

χ2 test, except

§

Mann–Whitney U test.