Associations of Diabetes and Obesity with Risk of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Men
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of men who had versus who did not have newly diagnosed abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) during a mean of 10.4 years’ follow-up.
Baseline characteristics
Newly diagnosed AAA
No AAA
471
25083
Age, years
<0.0001
White, %
93.2
0.11
Body mass index, kg/m2
0.001
Smoking, %
<0.0001
Never
25.5
53.6
Former
62.4
42.8
Current
11.9
3.6
Alcohol use, %
0.005
Never
17.6
17.9
Monthly
7.6
7.1
Weekly
30.4
37.6
Daily
42.9
35.3
Vigorous exercise, %
0.0004
Never
44.4
35.4
1–3 times/month
1.9
2.8
1-2 times/week
11.9
15.9
3-4 times/week
28.9
28.7
>5 times/week
12.3
15.4
Disease history, %
Cardiovascular disease
23.1
11.2
<0.0001
Diabetes
8.5
7.6
0.46
Hypertension
63.1
45.2
<0.0001
Hypercholesterolemia
51.4
41.0
<0.0001
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