Serum amyloid a protein as a potential biomarker in predicting acute onset and association with in-hospital death in acute aortic dissection

Table 2 Comparison of SAA levels between AAD and control group, AAD and angina group stratified by cardiovascular risk factors

Variables		Control	Angina	AAD	P Value
Variables		SAA (mg/L)	SAA (mg/L)	SAA (mg/L)	AAD vs Control	AAD vs angina
Age	<60Yr	0.418 ± 0.113	0.661 ± 0.333	4.436 ± 0.308	< 0.001	0.033
Age	≥60Yr	0.263 ± 0.084	0.632 ± 0.323	6.850 ± 2.535	< 0.001	0.023
Gender	male	0.375 ± 0.093	0.697 ± 0.295	5.542 ± 1.456	< 0.001	0.014
Gender	female	0.332 ± 0.146	0.446 ± 0.244	5.227 ± 0.444	< 0.001	0.032
BMI	< 25	0.300 ± 0.067	0.652 ± 0.301	5.879 ± 1.496	< 0.001	0.017
BMI	≥25	0.652 ± 0.316	0.630 ± 0.364	4.369 ± 0.494	< 0.001	0.016
Hypertension	Yes	0.445 ± 0.164	0.808 ± 0.204	4.892 ± 0.517	< 0.001	0.024
Hypertension	No	0.319 ± 0.085	0.535 ± 0.342	6.397 ± 2.771	< 0.001	0.046
Smoking history	Yes	0.510 ± 0.215	0.728 ± 0.326	7.698 ± 2.990	< 0.001	0.006
Smoking history	No	0.297 ± 0.063	0.516 ± 0.278	4.225 ± 0.344	< 0.001	0.030
DM	Yes	0.232 ± 0.093	0.566 ± 0.356	8.157 ± 3.569	< 0.001	0.007
DM	No	0.385 ± 0.093	0.677 ± 0.311	4.314 ± 0.317	< 0.001	0.047

Note, AAD acute aortic dissection, BMI body mass index, DM diabetes mellitus, SAA serum amyloid A

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