Size of the Carotid Body in Patients with Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases Measured by Computed Tomography Angiography: A Case-Control Study

Table 1

Data for all patient groups.

Patient groups	Control	HT	AMI + HT	HF + HT	COPD + HT	Altogether
Number of patients	16	96	12	9	8	141
Female	7	47	3	5	4	66
Male	9	49	9	4	4	75
Average age (Min–Max in years)	48.63 (21–78)	65.79 (29–88)	63.58 (44–85)	65.78 (29–88)	65.38 (58–72)	61.83 (21–88)

HT, hypertension only; AMI + HT, previous acute myocardial infarction and hypertension; HF + HT, heart failure and hypertension; COPD + HT, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and hypertension.