Table 1.
Prevalence of concomitant disorders in all the 5757 patients, and separately in men (n = 3677) and in women (n = 2080), admitted with aortic dissection in Sweden 2002–2016 prior to the first event and within 90 days from the index event
| Prior to index event |
At discharge or within 90 days from index event |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total, N (%) | Women, N (%) | Men, N (%) | P-value | Total, N (%) | Women, N (%) | Men, N (%) | P-value | |
| Hypertension | 126 (2%) | 38 (2%) | 88 (2%) | 0.158 | 2184 (38%) | 747 (36%) | 1437 (39%) | 0.017 |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 24 (0.4%) | 10 (1%) | 14 (0%) | 0.572 | 207 (4%) | 74 (4%) | 133 (4%) | 0.907 |
| Heart failure | 27 (1%) | 7 (0%) | 20 (1%) | 0.269 | 246 (4%) | 87 (4%) | 159 (4%) | 0.799 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 44 (1%) | 15 (1%) | 29 (1%) | 0.777 | 766 (13%) | 272 (13%) | 494 (13%) | 0.701 |
| Any heart disease | 146 (3%) | 46 (2%) | 100 (3%) | 0.239 | 2604 (46%) | 888 (43%) | 1726 (47%) | 0.004 |
| Stroke/TIA | 9 (0.2%) | 2 (0%) | 7 (0%) | 0.385 | 367 (6%) | 121 (6%) | 246 (7%) | 0.193 |
| Kidney failure | 12 (0.2%) | 2 (0%) | 10 (0%) | 0.160 | 284 (5%) | 79 (4%) | 205 (6%) | 0.003 |
| Diabetes | 19 (0.3%) | 19 (0%) | 1 (0%) | 0.005 | 194 (3%) | 64 (3%) | 130 (4%) | 0.354 |
Concomitant disorders in all hospitalized patients with aortic dissection in Sweden prior to admission as well as at discharge combined with data from within 90 days from the admission date. Proportions are described for men and women separately and compared with the χ2 test, presented with P-value.