Table 1 Presence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, family history of the aortic disease, connective tissue disease and previous inflammatory process in patients with different aortic pathologies
From: Evaluation of the intraoperative specimens of the thoracic and abdominal aorta
Hypertension | Diabetes mellitus | Dyslipidemia | Family history of the aortic disease | Connective tissue disease | Inflamatory process | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aneurysms | thoracic | 49 (75%) | 4 (6%) | 30 (46%) | 1 (1,5%) | 3 (5%) | 4 (6,2%) |
abdominal | 17 (94,4%) | 4 (22%)** | 12 (66,6%)** | 0 | 0 | 3 (17%) | |
both thoracic and abdominal | 66 (80%) | 8 (10%) | 42 (50%) | 1 (1%) | 3 (4%) | 7 (8,4%) | |
Dissections | 54 (79,4%) | 6 (8,8%) | 19 (28%)** | 2 (3%) | 3 (4,4%) | 6 (8,8%) | |
All cases | 120 (80%) | 14 (9,3%) | 61 (40%) | 3 (2%) | 6 (4%) | 13 (9%) | |