TABLE 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the included patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm and controls.

Characteristic	Patients (n = 5)	Healthy controls (n = 5)
Age, years	50.4 ± 9.07	44.8 ± 1.33
Sex, male:female	4:1	2:3
Hypertension, n (%)	5 (100%)	2 (40%)
Diabetes mellitus, n (%)	2 (40%)	0 (0%)
Hyperlipidemia, n (%)	1 (20%)	0 (0%)
Smoking history, n (%)	3 (60%)	1 (20%)