Research Article
Analysis of Oxidative Stress Enzymes and Structural and Functional Proteins on Human Aortic Tissue from Different Aortopathies
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of the patients.
| | Characteristics | Control
| SAH
| Marfan’s variants
| Classic Marfan
| Turner’s syndrome
| Takayasu’s arteritis
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| | Median age (range) | 59 (42−62) | 59 (34−72) | 46 (28−55) | 30 (17−56) | 33 (31−34) | 33 (26−40) | | Women (%) | 1 (25) | 4 (37) | 1 (25) | 4 (44) | 2 (100) | 2 (100) | | Men (%) | 3 (75) | 7 (64) | 3 (75) | 5 (56) | 0 | 0 | | Median BMI (range) | 22 (18−24) | 31 (30−32) | 24 (23−32) | 22 (17−30) | 28 (23−32) | 19 (16−23) | | Median LVEF (range) | 44 (30−65) | 45 (25−65) | 60 (56−75) | 50 (40−65) | 59 (50−67) | 65 (65-65) | | Median aortic diameter (range) | 55 (55-55) | 52 (26−65) | 66 (62−70) | 75 (55−120) | 81 (67−96) | 50 (50-50) | | SAH (%) | 1 (50) | 11 (100) | 1 (25) | 2 (22) | 2 (100) | 1 (50) | | Tobacco smoking (%) | 1 (50) | 4 (37) | 2 (100) | 2 (22) | 0 | 1 (50) |
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SAH: systemic arterial hypertension, BMI: body mass index, and LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction.
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