| Control |  | AAA |  | TAA | P # | P * | P †| ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MMP9(ng/ml) | P | MMP9(ng/ml) | P | MMP9(ng/ml) | P | |||||||
Total |  | 258.79 ± 133.00 |  |  |  333.45 ± 138.57 |  |  | 385.17 ± 109.23 |  | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.015 |
Age | <65y(60) | 200.78 ± 139.20 | <0.001 | <65y(47) | 299.44 ± 160.84 | 0.029 | <65y(52) | 378.63 ± 96.80 | 0.464 | 0.004 | <0.001 | 0.013 |
 | ≥65y(52) | 325.73 ± 86.94 |  | ≥65y(58) | 361.01 ± 111.50 |  | ≥65y(27) | 397.77 ± 131.00 |  | 0.087 | 0.005 | 0.143 |
Gender | male(83) | 260.57 ± 135.13 | 0.812 | male(78) | 328.11 ± 144.39 | 0.505 | male(55) | 390.09 ± 110.19 | 0.548 | 0.008 | <0.001 | 0.017 |
 | female(29) | 253.69 ± 128.88 |  | female(27) | 348.88 ± 121.38 |  | female(24) | 373.90 ± 108.47 |  | 0.004 | 0.001 | 0.462 |
Hypertension | Yes(46) | 291.13 ± 114.98 | 0.026 | Yes(64) | 362.45 ± 140.89 | 0.007 | Yes(53) | 405.44 ± 91.35 | 0.038 | 0.013 | <0.001 | 0.141 |
 | No(66) | 236.25 ± 140.71 |  | No(41) | 288.17 ± 123.34 |  | No(26) | 343.87 ± 131.23 |  | 0.053 | 0.001 | 0.099 |
Diabetes | Yes(14) | 308.00 ± 110.55 | 0.11 | Yes(23) | 316.37 ± 153.51 | 0.506 | Yes(33) | 379.07 ± 124.77 | 0.677 | 0.997 | 0.177 | 0.301 |
 | No(98) | 251.76 ± 134.93 |  | No(82) | 338.24 ± 134.72 |  | No(46) | 389.55 ± 97.79 |  | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.043 |
Hyperlipidemia | Yes(26) | 273.10 ± 128.94 | 0.494 | Yes(23) | 359.34 ± 151.80 | 0.313 | Yes(16) | 402.51 ± 100.01 | 0.481 | 0.099 | 0.002 | 0.644 |
 | No(86) | 253.56 ± 134.85 |  | No(82) | 326.19 ± 134.73 |  | No(63) | 380.77 ± 111.77 |  | 0.002 | <0.001 | 0.026 |
Max. aortic diameter | NA | – | – | <5.5(60) | 334.62 ± 131.26 | 0.923 | <5.5(55) | 371.19 ± 112.91 | 0.085 | – | – | 0.114 |
NA | – |  | ≥5.5(45) | 331.89 ± 149.26 |  | ≥5.5(24) | 417.22 ± 94.82 |  | – | – | 0.005 |