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Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics

From: How should we treat uncomplicated subacute type B aortic dissection in octogenarians?

Characteristic

Total (N = 152)

≥80 years (n = 33)

< 80 years (n = 119)

p Value

Age, y, Mean ± SD

69.9 ± 10.9

84.8 ± 3.3

65.4 ± 10.1

< 0.0001

Male, %

71 (108 of 152)

61 (20 of 33)

74 (88 of 119)

0.192

Height, cm, Mean ± SD

162.0 ± 9.5

154.0 ± 7.9

164.2 ± 10.0

< 0.0001

Weight, kg, Mean ± SD

61.2 ± 13.3

49.4 ± 7.7

64.3 ± 14.4

< 0.0001

BMI (kg/m2), Mean ± SD

23.1 ± 4.2

20.9 ± 2.9

23.8 ± 4.5

0.0007

Marfan syndrome, %

2.6 (4 of 152)

0 (0 of 33)

3.4 (4 of 119)

0.5772

COPD, %

35 (53 of 150)

33 (11 of 33)

36 (42 of 117)

0.839

Follow up period, months, Mean ± SD

37 ± 43

37 ± 38

37 ± 44

0.995

  1. SD Standard deviation
  2. BMI Body mass index
  3. COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease