Table 1 Patient characteristics at acute type A aortic dissection

Number of patients

141

21

120

Age, years (min, max)

64 (13)

56 (14)

66 (13)

< 0.001

Sex

 Female, n

48 (34.0%)

5

43

0.329

 Male, n

93 (66.0%)

16

77

Hypertension, n

83 (58.9%)

13

70

0.814

Diabetes, n

8 (5.7%)

0

8

0.605

Hypercholesterolemia, n

19 (13.5%)

2

17

0.739

Vasculitis, n

0 (0)

0

0

Arthritis, n

2 (1.4%)

1

1

0.277

Asthma, n

10 (7.1%)

2

8

0.644

MCC, n

14 (9.9%)

0

14

0.129

Cerebrovascular stroke

3 (2.1%)

0

3

1

Earlier CABG, n

7 (5.0%)

0

7

0.594

Earlier AVR, n

7 (5.0%)

2

5

0.279

Earlier aneurysm, n

17 (12.1%)

2

15

1

Earlier aortic operation, n

9 (6.4%)

2

7

0.623

BAV, n [16]

9 (6.4%)

2

7

0.623

Connective tissue disorder, n

7 (4.2%)

3

4

0.068

AVI, n

96 (68.1%)

13

83

0.444