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. 2018 Apr 23;77(7):555–566. doi: 10.1093/jnen/nly031

TABLE 1.

Patient Characteristics at the Time of the Inclusion in the Study

Ruptured IAs Unruptured IAs p value
Patients n = 17 n = 30
Age, years: median (IQR) 55 (44–64) 53 (44–64) 0.83
Sex, female: n (%) 14 (82) 22 (73) 0.72
Ethnicity: Eurasian: n (%) 15 (88) 30 (100) 0.13
Multiple aneurysms: n (%) 7 (41) 19 (63) 0.35
Previous aSAH: n (%) 1 (6) 4 (26) 0.64
Positive familial history for IA: n (%) 2 (12) 6 (23) 0.69
Smoker (former and current): n (%) 10 (59) 20 (67) 0.31
Hypertension: n (%) 5 (29) 15 (50) 0.35

Comparisons of medians and percentages have been performed using nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test or Fisher exact test, respectively.

Positive familial history for IA is defined as one or more 1st degree relative(s) with IA.

A current smoker is a patient currently smoking >300 cigarettes and a former smoker is a patient who smoked >300 cigarettes and who stopped at least 6 months ago.

Arterial hypertension is defined as blood pressure >140/90 mmHg independently of the existence or not of a treatment against hypertension.