Table II.

Baseline characteristics for female and male patients undergoing AAA repair stratified by intact and rupture repair

	Female		Male		P value
Intact repair
No. patients	10,118		41,018
Diameter, cm	5.4	5.0–5.9	5.5	5.1–6.0	<.001
ASI, cm/m2	3.1	2.8–3.5	2.7	2.4–3.1	<.001
AHI, cm/m	3.3	3.1–3.6	3.1	2.9–3.5	<.001
BSA, m2	1.7	1.6–1.9	2.0	1.9–2.2	<.001
Height, m	1.6	1.6–1.7	1.7	1.7–1.8	<.001
EVAR	7893	78	34,643	85	<.001
Age, y	75	69–80	73	67–79	<.001
Race/ethnicity					<.001
Non-Hispanic white	8768	89	36,588	92
Black or African American	710	7.2	1570	3.9
Hispanic	249	2.5	1094	2.7
Asian	101	1.0	535	1.3
Other	44	0.5	151	0.4
Underweight	539	5.3	728	1.8	<.001
Obese	2957	29	12,922	32	<.001
Current smoker	3665	36	13,008	32	<.001
Hypertension	8605	85	34,170	83	<.001
Insulin-dependent diabetes	322	3.2	1474	3.6	.045
Coronary artery disease	3176	31	18,204	44	<.001
CHF					<.001
None	9070	90	36,196	88
Asymptomatic/mild	914	9.0	4141	10
Moderate/severe	130	1.3	660	1.6
COPD	4203	42	12,920	32	<.001
CKD	609	6.1	1462	3.6	<.001
Prior aortic aneurysm repair	322	3.2	1428	3.5	.14
Family history of AAA	1048	10	3575	8.8	<.001
Preoperative ASA/aspirin use	6284	62	27,526	67	<.001
Preoperative beta-blocker use	5626	56	23,178	57	.10
Preoperative statin use	6847	68	29,704	72	<.001
Rupture repair
No. patients	978	3533
Diameter, cm	6.7	5.7–7.8	7.7	6.4–9.0	<.001
ASI, cm/m2	3.8	3.2–4.5	3.7	3.1–4.4	.030
AHI, cm/m	4.1	3.6–4.8	4.3	3.6–5.1	<.001
BSA, m2	1.7	1.6–1.9	2.0	1.9–2.2	<.001
Height, m	1.6	1.5–1.7	1.8	1.7–1.9	<.001
EVAR	562	58	2097	60	.29
Age, y	76	70–83	72	65–78	<.001
Race/ethnicity					.001
Non-Hispanic white	834	88	3075	90
Black or African American	80	8.5	184	5.4
Hispanic	23	2.4	97	2.8
Asian	6	0.6	55	1.6
Other	3	0.3	7	0.2
Underweight	73	7.5	102	2.9	<.001
Obese	320	33	1187	34	.61
Current smoker	409	42	1619	46	.019
Hypertension	784	80	2730	78	.068
Insulin-dependent diabetes	35	3.6	117	3.3	.69
Coronary artery disease	236	24	1132	32	<.001
CHF					.18
Asymptomatic/mild	91	9.4	314	9.0
Moderate/severe	26	2.7	62	1.8
COPD	361	37	999	29	<.001
CKD	171	18	418	12	<.001
Prior aortic aneurysm repair	47	4.8	232	6.6	.041
Family history of AAA	58	6.1	200	5.8	.78
Preoperative ASA/aspirin use	356	37	1412	41	.054
Preoperative beta-blocker use	388	40	1345	39	.31
Preoperative statin use	406	42	1518	44	.46

AAA, Abdominal aortic aneurysm; AHI, aortic height index; ASA, acetylsalicylic acid; ASI, aortic size index; BSA, bodysurface area; CHF, congestive heart failure; CKD, chronic kidney disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; EVAR, endovascular aneurysm repair; Obese, body mass index of 30 or above; Underweight, body mass index below 18.5.

Categorical variables are presented as number (%) and continuous variables as median (interquartile range).