Table 3 Presence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, family history of the aortic disease, connective tissue disease and previous inflammatory process in different age groups
From: Evaluation of the intraoperative specimens of the thoracic and abdominal aorta
Hypertension | Diabetes mellitus | Dyslipidemia | Family history of an aortic disease | Connective tissue disease | Inflamatory process | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thoracic aneurysms | ≥65a | 22 (88%) | 1 (4%) | 14 (56%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (4%) |
<65a | 27 (67,5%) | 3 (7,5%) | 16 (40%) | 1 (2,5%) | 3 (7,5%) | 3 (7,5%) | |
Dissections | ≥65a | 19 (90,5%) | 3 (14,3%) | 6 (28,6%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (4,8%) |
<65a | 35 (74,4%) | 3 (6,4%) | 13 (27,7%) | 2 (4,3%) | 3 (6,4%) | 5 (10,6%) |