Association of Polymorphisms of the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products Gene and Susceptibility to Sporadic Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Table 2

Characteristics of AAA cases and controls.

Variables	AAA ( = 381)	Control ( = 436)	value^a
Mean age (years)	69.8 ± 8.1	70.2 ± 7.5	0.79
Male/female	292/89	221/215	<0.001
Aortic diameter (mm)	56.3 ± 7.5	21.2 ± 6.4	<0.001
Smokers, (%)	206 (54.1)	145 (33.3)	<0.001
Diabetes, (%)	89 (23.4)	86 (19.7)	0.23
Hypertension, (%)	147 (38.6)	155 (35.6)	0.86
Dyslipidemia, (%)	185 (48.6)	152 (34.9)	<0.001

Continuous data are presented as mean ± SD, median (range), or (%)
^a values under 0.05 were indicated in bold font.