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. 2022 Feb 10;17(2):e0263717. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263717

Table 2. Comorbid conditions of the female and male patients who received AAD surgery before propensity score matching.

Type A open Type B stent
Variable Female (n = 1,286) Male (n = 2,883) P STD Female (n = 124) Male (n = 549) P STD
Marfan syndrome 45 (3.5) 77 (2.7) 0.143 0.05 3 (2.4) 4 (0.7) 0.094 0.14
Hypertension 1,048 (81.5) 2,170 (75.3) <0.001 0.15 101 (81.5) 480 (87.4) 0.080 -0.17
Diabetes mellitus 219 (17.0) 275 (9.5) <0.001 0.22 27 (21.8) 78 (14.2) 0.036 0.20
Heart failure 88 (6.8) 162 (5.6) 0.124 0.05 9 (7.3) 37 (6.7) 0.836 0.02
Prior myocardial infarction 33 (2.6) 85 (2.9) 0.492 -0.02 7 (5.6) 30 (5.5) 0.936 0.01
Peripheral arterial disease 68 (5.3) 141 (4.9) 0.587 0.02 11 (8.9) 52 (9.5) 0.836 -0.02
Atrial fibrillation 109 (8.5) 166 (5.8) 0.001 0.11 4 (3.2) 16 (2.9) 0.854 0.02
Prior stroke 133 (10.3) 251 (8.7) 0.092 0.06 11 (8.9) 71 (12.9) 0.212 -0.13
Chronic kidney disease 206 (16.0) 585 (20.3) 0.001 -0.11 28 (22.6) 102 (18.6) 0.308 0.10
Liver cirrhosis 24 (1.9) 70 (2.4) 0.259 -0.04 4 (3.2) 15 (2.7) 0.764 0.03
Coagulopathy 23 (1.8) 47 (1.6) 0.713 0.01 1 (0.8) 10 (1.8) 0.421 -0.09
COPD 80 (6.2) 202 (7.0) 0.351 -0.03 10 (8.1) 63 (11.5) 0.270 -0.12
Depression 205 (15.9) 201 (7.0) <0.001 0.28 20 (16.1) 53 (9.7) 0.036 0.19
Charlson’s Comorbidity Index score 2.4 ± 1.5 2.1 ± 1.5 <0.001 0.19 2.7 ± 2.0 2.4 ± 1.6 0.095 0.16

AAD, acute aortic dissection; STD, standardized difference; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Value are given as number (%) or mean ± standard deviation.