Table 3. Comparison between acute aortic dissection patients with or without aortic calcification.

Aortic calcification	With (N = 68)	Without (N = 28)	p value
dissection type (type A %)	48 (70.6%)	16 (57.1%)	0.20
age (years)	63.0±13.6	51.6±9.7	<0.01*
gender (male %)	48 (70.6%)	27 (96.4%)	<0.01*
hypertension	58 (85.3%)	23 (82.1%)	0.70
type 2 diabetes mellitus	9 (13.2%)	3 (10.7%)	0.73
hyperlipidemia	8 (12.8%)	2 (7.1%)	0.50
coronary artery disease	9 (13.2%)	0 (0%)	0.04*
chronic kidney disease	9 (13.2%)	6 (21.4%)	0.32
prior cardiac surgery	4 (5.9%)	0 (0%)	0.19
smoking history	25 (36.8%)	12 (42.9%)	0.58

* p <0.05