Table 1 Patients characteristics with comparison for groups with and without non-access related re-interventions after EVAR
All | No re-interventions | Re-interventions | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 405 | n = 340 | n = 65 | ||
Age | 74.8 (7.3)* | 74.9 (7.4)* | 74.2 (7.0)* | 0.87 |
Male Gender | 338 (83.5 %) | 278 (81.8 %) | 60 (92.3 %) | 0.046 |
Body mass index | 27.1 (5.2)* (n = 225) | 27.1 (5.2)* (n = 195) | 27.6 (4.8)* (n = 30) | 0.76 |
Type of aneurysm | ||||
Atherosclerotic | 379 (94 %) | 319 (94 %) | 59 (91 %) | 0.51 |
Inflammatory | 12 (3.0 %) | 9 (2.6 %) | 3 (4.6 %)2 | 0.27 |
Mycotic | 13 (3.2 %) | 11 (3.2 %) | (3.1 %) | 0.94 |
Other | 1 (0.2 %) | 1 (0.5 %) | 1 (1.5 %) | 0.28 |
Ruptured aneurysm | 68 (16.8 %) | 53 (15.6 %) | 15 (23.1 %) | 0.002 |
AAA diam (mm) | 66 (13.0)* (n = 381) | 65 (12.9)* (n = 322) | 68 (13.2)* (n = 59) | 0.026 |
CIA diam (mm) | 45 (13.0)* (n = 49) | 45 (13.8)* (n = 39) | 47 (12.0)* (n = 10) | 0.52 |
Serum creatinine (umol/L) | 104 (66.7)* | 103 (60)* | 111 (94.3)* | 0.082 |
Diabetes mellitus | 69 (17.0 %) | 60 (17.6 %) | 9 (13.8 %) | 0.65 |
Known pulmonary disease | 89 (22.0 %) | 77 (22.6 %) | 12 (18.5 %) | 0.68 |
Previous cardiac disease** | 189 (46.7 %) | 160 (47.1 %) | 29 (44.6 %) | 0.54 |
Dialysis | 13 (3.2 %) | 10 (3.0 %) | 3 (4.6 %) | 0.27 |
Previous cerebral infarction/TIA | 51 (12.6 %) | 46 (13.6 %) | 5 (7.7 %) | 0.22 |
Hypertension | 295 (72.8 %) | 253 (74.4 %) | 42 (64.6 %) | 0.33 |
Smoking (ever) | 267/340 (78.5 %) | 232/290 (80.0 %) | 35/50 (70.0 %) | 0.27 |