Table 1.

Patient characteristics and preoperative variables

Characteristic/variable	Value
Age, y, mean ± SD	65.4 ± 11.7
Male sex	60 (60)
Height, cm, mean ± SD	171.23 ± 10.7
Weight, kg, mean ± SD	79.08 ± 17.9
Body mass index, kg/m2, mean ± SD	26.8 ± 4.8
Hypertension, n (%)	97 (97)
Diabetes, n (%)	15 (15)
Dyslipidemia, n (%)	54 (54)
Obesity, n (%)	25 (25)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, n (%)	23 (23)
Chronic kidney disease, n (%)	16 (16)
Coronary artery disease, n (%)	32 (32)
Marfan syndrome, n (%)	6 (6)
History of smoking, n (%)	66 (66)
Previous cardiac surgery (nonaortic), n (%)	27 (27)
Previous aortic surgery in proximal or distal segments, n (%)	66 (66)
Confirmed family history of aortic disease, n (%)	16 (16)

SD, Standard deviation.