Table 2. Demographic and clinical characteristics of AAA patients and controls included in this study.

Characteristics	AAA group (n=32)	Control group (n=12)	P value
Age, mean ± SEM (years)	61.50±1.07	58.75±1.82	0.125
Female, n (%)	2 (6.25)	1 (8.33)	0.807
BMI, mean ± SEM	25.52±0.72	24.02±0.46	0.477
Maximum AAA diameter, mean ± SEM (mm)	74.23±4.44	NA
Comorbidity, n (%)
DM	3 (9.38)	1 (8.33)	0.915
Hypertension	16 (50.00)	4 (33.33)	0.323
Smoking	18 (56.25)	4 (33.33)	0.176
Hyperlipidemia	5 (15.63)	1 (8.33)	0.53
Carotid disease	4 (12.50)	0	0.199
Cardiac disease	8 (25.00)	1 (8.33)	0.222
Renal disease	3 (9.38)	0	0.272
Medication use	10 (31.25)	1 (8.33)	0.118
Symptom, n (%)
Pulsating sensations in the abdomen	14 (43.75)	NA
Abdominal pain	20 (62.50)	NA
Ruptured AAA	9 (28.13)	NA
Comorbidity-Iliac artery aneurysms	7 (21.88)	NA

AAA, abdominal aortic aneurysm; SEM, standard error of mean; BMI, body mass index; DM, diabetes mellitus; NA, not available.