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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Ascending aortic wall degeneration in patients with bicuspid versus tricuspid aortic valve

 

All patients

BAV

TAV

P value

Number of patients

67

33

34

 

Age (years, interquartile)

66 (56–71)

64 (55–72)

68 (61–71)

0.133

Male, n

50 (75%)

26

24

0.576

Hypertension, n

44 (68%)

15

29

0.001

Diabetes, n

9 (14%)

3

6

0.475

Hypercholesterolemia, n

17 (26%)

11

6

0.166

Vasculitis, n

6 (8%)

1

5

0.198

Arthritis

6 (9%)

2

4

0.673

Asthma, n

4 (6%)

0

4

0.114

Myocardial coronary artery disease, n

14 (21%)

7

7

1

History of stroke

4 (6%)

2

2

1

Earlier abdominal aorta aneurysm surgery

2 (3%)

0

2

0.492

Mid-ascending aorta diameter (mm, interquartile)

54 (50–60)

53 (50–57)

55 (52–60)

0.042

Moderate to severe aortic valve regurgitation, n

36 (56%)

14

22

0.139

  1. BAV = bicuspid aortic valve; TAV = tricuspid aortic valve