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Table 3 Patient medical comorbidities between low and high score groups

From: A novel anatomic severity grading score for acute Type B aortic dissections and correlation to aortic reinterventions after thoracic endovascular aortic repair

 

Low score (n = 22)

High score (n = 8)

P-value

Age (years)a

65.5 ± 11.8

54.1 ± 12.0

0.027

Male

68%

75%

1.000

Caucasian

45%

63%

0.682

Coronary artery disease

23%

0%

0.287

Cerebrovascular accident

9%

13%

1.000

Congestive heart failure

9%

13%

1.000

Arrhythmia

9%

13%

1.000

Hypertension

86%

100%

0.545

Dyslipidemia

36%

38%

1.000

Diabetes mellitus type 2

18%

0%

0.550

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

18%

0%

0.550

Chronic kidney disease

9%

25%

0.284

Dialysis

5%

13%

0.469

Body mass index (kg/m2)a

28.5 ± 5.4

33.7 ± 8.3

0.076

History of smoking

64%

63%

1.000

  1. aData shown is standard deviation