Table 2

Prevalence of aortic disease among the study population

VariableSRC groupBAA groupSRC+BAA group
SRC group (n=6366)No SRC group (n=6366)P valueOR95% CIBAA group
(n=920)
No BAA group (n=920)P valueOR95% CIBAA+SRC group (n=240)No BAA+no SRC group (n=240)P valueOR95% CI
TAD643 (10.1%)249 (3.9%)<0.00012.762.37 to 3.21201 (21.8%)41 (4.5%)<0.00015.994.22 to 8.5177 (32.1%)13 (5.42%)<0.0018.254.43 to 15.35
Ascending aneurysm507 (8.0%)201 (3.2%)<0.00012.652.25 to 3.14169 (18.4%)29 (3.2%)<0.00016.914.61 to 10.3763 (26.3%)9 (3.75%)<0.00110.304.98 to 21.31
Descending aneurysm207 (3.3%)60 (0.9%)<0.00013.532.64 to 4.7260 (6.5%)18 (2.0%)<0.00013.502.05 to 5.9723 (9.6%)5 (2.1%)<0.0014.981.86 to 13.33
Type A dissection38 (0.6%)15 (0.2%)<0.00012.541.40 to 4.6313 (1.4%)4 (0.4%)0.0283.281.07 to 10.106 (2.5%)2 (0.8%)0.1423.050.61 to 15.27
Type B dissection72 (1.1%)20 (0.3%)<0.00013.632.21 to 5.9622 (2.4%)6 (0.7%)0.0023.731.51 to 9.259 (3.8%)1 (0.4%)0.019.311.17 to 74.08
AAA503 (7.9%)207 (3.3%)<0.00012.552.16 to 3.01
  • AAA, abdominal aortic aneurysm; BAA, bovine aortic arch; SRC, simple renal cyst; TAD, thoracic aortic disease.