Clinical Study
Chlamydia pneumoniae Antibodies and C-Reactive Protein Levels in Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Table 1
Patient characteristics in the control and AAA groups.
| | | Control group () | AAA group () | value |
| | Gender (M : F) | 238 : 12 | 229 : 21 | 0.105 | | Age (years) | 68.7 (5.0) | 71.9 (6.8) | 0.0001 | | BMI | 26.2 (3.9) | 25.9 (3.4) | 0.54 |
| | Vascular risk factors (%) | | Hypertension | 49.2 | 47.6 | 0.72 | | DM | 14.3 | 10.1 | 0.16 | | High cholesterol | 32.2 | 35.1 | 0.50 | | Current smoking | 9.8 | 21.9 | 0.0002 | | Ex-smoking | 46.1 | 48.6 | 0.59 | | CAD | 33.5 | 47.8 | 0.001 | | MI | 20.8 | 27.9 | 0.07 | | CVA | 7.8 | 6.5 | 0.58 | | PAD | 26.5 | 27.9 | 0.73 |
| | Other comorbidities (%) | | FH AAA | 11.5 | 18.7 | 0.03 | | Inflammatory diseases | 9.4 | 17.1 | 0.01 | | COAD | 4.5 | 8.6 | 0.07 |
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AAA: abdominal aortic aneurysm; BMI: body mass index; DM: diabetes mellitus; CAD: coronary artery disease; MI: myocardial infarction; CVA: cerebrovascular accident; PAD: peripheral arterial disease; COAD: chronic obstructive airway disease.
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