Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population.
| Variable | Controls N = 297 |
TAA N = 69 |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 0.001 | ||
| Male | 177 (59.6) | 56 (81.2) | |
| Female | 120 (40.4) | 13 (18.8) | |
| Age, years | 69.0 [60.0, 77.0] | 58.0 [44.0, 67.0] | <0.001 |
| Smoking status | 0.035 | ||
| Never | 196 (66.0) | 39 (56.5) | |
| Current | 69 (23.2) | 26 (37.7) | |
| Former | 32 (10.8) | 4 (5.8) | |
| Dyslipidemia | 140 (47.1) | 26 (37.7) | 0.198 |
| Hypertension | 183 (61.6) | 30 (43.5) | 0.009 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 89 (30.0) | 3 (4.3) | <0.001 |
| Aortic valve | 0.002 | ||
| Normal functioning | 64 (21.5) | 11 (15.9) | |
| Stenosis | 183 (61.6) | 32 (46.4) | |
| Regurgitation | 36 (12.1) | 21 (30.4) | |
| Mixed | 14 (4.71) | 5 (7.25) | |
| Bicuspid aortic valve | 72 (24.2) | 59 (85.5) | <0.001 |
Categoric variables are frequency (%). Quantitative variable is shown as median [interquartile range]. TAA: thoracic aortic aneurysm. Mixed: simultaneous presence of both stenosis and regurgitation. Statistically significant values are shown in bold.