Identification of Novel Long Noncoding RNAs and Their Role in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of AAA patients and controls in screening stage.

Characteristics	AAA ()	Controls ()	value
Age (years)			0.062
Gender (male)	5 (5)	3 (1)	0.107
BMI			0.89
Smoking habit	5 (3)	3 (1)	0.465
Comorbidities			0.781
Hypertension	4	1
Diabetes mellitus	0	0
Dyslipidemia	1	1
CAD	2	1
COPD	1	0
SBP (mmHg)			0.017
DBP (mmHg)			0.005

Those clinical data are presented as the . showed difference was statistically significant between the AAA and control groups. CAD: Coronary artery disease; COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary Disease; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure.