Table I.
Baseline characteristics.
| Complex Repair (n=2,270) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Female (n=580) | Male (n= 1,690) | P-value | |
| Age | 75 (69, 80) | 73 (67, 79) | 0.002 |
| Race | 0.11 | ||
| White | 479 (82.6%) | 1373 (81.2%) | |
| Black | 29 (5.0%) | 62 (3.7%) | |
| Other | 4 (0.7%) | 29 (1.7%) | |
| Unknown | 68 (11.7%) | 226 (13.4%) | |
| BMI categories | <0.001 | ||
| Normal (BMI 18.5–25) | 193 (33.7%) | 459 (27.5%) | |
| Underweight (BMI <18.5) | 33 (5.8%) | 31 (1.9%) | |
| Overweight (BMI 25–30) | 199 (34.7%) | 690 (41.3%) | |
| Obese (BMI 30–40) | 125 (21.8%) | 452 (27.1%) | |
| Morbidly obese (BMI >40) | 23 (4.0%) | 37 (2.2%) | |
| Smoker | 272 (46.9%) | 625 (37.0%) | <0.001 |
| IDDM | 14 (2.4%) | 43 (2.5%) | 0.86 |
| Hypertension | 465 (80.2%) | 1387 (82.1%) | 0.31 |
| CHF | 10 (1.7%) | 39 (2.3%) | 0.40 |
| COPD | 129 (22.2%) | 333 (19.7%) | 0.19 |
| Renal Function | <0.001 | ||
| eGFR >60 | 315 (55.6%) | 1076 (65.7%) | |
| eGFR 30–60 | 218 (38.4%) | 485 (29.6%) | |
| eGFR <30 or on dialysis | 34 (6.0%) | 77 (4.7%) | |
| Steroid Use | 29 (5.0%) | 59 (3.5%) | 0.10 |
| Weight loss | 10 (1.7%) | 15 (0.9%) | 0.096 |
| Bleeding disorders | 66 (11.4%) | 188 (11.1%) | 0.87 |
| SIRS symptoms | 11 (1.9%) | 22 (1.3%) | 0.30 |
| Symptomatic | 74 (12.8%) | 128 (7.6%) | <0.001 |
EVAR: endovascular aneurysm repair; AAA: abdominal aortic aneurysm; Age (years); BMI: Body Mass Index (kg/m2); IDDM: Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus; CHF: chronic hearth failure; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; SIRS: systemic inflammatory response syndrome.
Values are median (inter quartile range) or total events (percentages)
Values of polytomous variables may not sum to 100% due to rounding
Boldface P values represent significance (P<.05).