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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Surg. 2017 Aug 12;67(1):151–156.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2017.05.104

Table.

Comparison of patient and treatment factors between derivation and validation cohorts

Patient factors Derivation
(n = 2367)
Validation
(n = 1038)
P
Age, years, mean (SD) 72.2 (8.2) 73.8 (7.9) <.001
Male 67.8 76.3 <.001
Hypertension 84.7 85.1 .464
Diabetes 18.7 17.3 .352
CAD <.001
  None 66.2 50.7
  Prior MI/SVS cardiac 1 23.2 19.2
  Stable angina/SVS cardiac 2 9.8 26.7
  Recent MI/unstable angina/SVS cardiac 3 0.8 34.7
COPD <.001
  None 66.0 67.2
  Not treated/SVS pulmonary 1 14.2 16.5
  On medication/SVS pulmonary 2 15.8 9.7
  On oxygen/SVS pulmonary 3 4.1 6.7
eGFR <.001
  >60 65.3 50.5
  40–59 25.0 39.5
  30–39 7.2 6.9
  <30 2.6 3.1
Prior or current smoker 88.3 82 <.001
Discharge aspirin 82 71.1 <.001
Discharge statin 74.4 60.1 <.001
Length of hospital stay, days, mean (SD) 4 (8.5) 4.6 (5.9) .071
In-hospital mortality 0.8 0.8 1
% EVAR (vs open) 69.8 58.6 <.001
AAA diameter, mm, mean (SD) 53.7 (6.4) 54.2 (6.1) .024

AAA, Abdominal aortic aneurysm; CAD, coronary artery disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate (Modification of Diet in Renal Disease formula); EVAR, endovascular aneurysm repair; MI, myocardial infarction; SD, standard deviation; SVS, Society for Vascular Surgery.

Values are reported as percentages unless otherwise indicated.