Table 2:

Baseline characteristics

	CTD (n = 143)		Control (n = 143)		P
	No.	%	No.	%
Dyslipidemia	30	21%	31	22%	.89
HTN	38	27%	43	30%	.51
DM	3	2%	15	10%	.004a
Smoking	44	31%	50	35%	.45
Stroke history	20	14%	21	15%	.87
CAD history	8	6%	15	10%	.13
Other aneurysm/dissection/ FMD history	85	59%	28	20%	<.001a
CNS	12	8%	8	6%	.35
Carotid	19	13%	3	2%	<.001a
Vertebral	11	8%	5	3%	.12
Aortic	58	41%	7	5%	<.001a
Subclavian/brachial	5	3%	0	0%	.02a
Coronary	8	6%	0	0%	.004a
Abdominal (mesenteric, celiac, splenic, hepatic)	18	13%	0	0%	<.001a
Renal	10	7%	0	0%	.001a
Iliac/femoral/popliteal	15	10%	0	0%	<.001a

Note:—DM indicates diabetes mellitus; FMD, fibromuscular dysplasia; HTN, hypertension; CAD, coronary artery disease.

^aSignificant.