Table 1.

Clinical and demographic characteristics of control and aortic stenosis patients older than 50 years.

	Men > 50 Years		Women > 50 Years
	Control n = 11	AS n = 45	Control n = 15	AS n = 50
Hyperlipidaemia	33.3%	32.7%	13.3%	42.3% *
Obesity	54.5%	31.1%	26.7%	44.2%
Hypertension	72.7%	71%	53%	77%
Diabetes mellitus	9.1%	31.2%	6.6%	13.5% #
Age (mean ± SD)	59.8 ± 6.5	69.3 ± 9.0	61.6 ± 9.3	72.5 ± 7.2

AS, aortic stenosis; SD, standard deviation, χ²: * p < 0.05, control vs. AS; # p < 0.05, women vs. men.