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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dig Dis Sci. 2020 Apr 18;66(4):1142–1152. doi: 10.1007/s10620-020-06265-8

Table 7.

Summary of vascular manifestations and history of vascular surgery

Vascular EDS (n = 67) Loeys–Dietz syndrome
(n = 13)
p value
Aneurysms 63.1% (n = 41) 76.9% (n = 10) 0.33
Location (% total) 0.008*
 Thoracic aorta 11.9% 30%
 Abdominal aorta 33.33% 60%
 Others 50.0% 0%
 Multiple aneurysms 2.8% 10%
Vascular dissections (N, %) 55.4% 53.8% 0.83
Surgical history for vascular or gastrointestinal complications
Arterial repair 29.7% 69.2% 0.007
Colectomy 12.3% 0 0.20
Small bowel surgery 12.3% 16.7% 0.68
Cholecystectomy 21.2% 15.4% 0.62
*

Based on Chi square likelihood ratio test. Bolded p values are statistically significant