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Table 1 Preoperative demographic and clinical characteristics of the evaluated patients

From: Limb salvage and survival after urgent surgical treatment of popliteal artery aneurysm

 

All urgent PAA

(66 pts)

% (n)

PAA rupture

(12 pts)

% (n)

PAA acute ischemia

(54 pts)

% (n)

P

Male

100% (66)

100% (12)

100% (54)

1.0

Agea (years)

72 (18)

86 (16)

69 (17)

.001

Hypertension

79% (52)

92% (11)

79% (41)

1.0

Dyslipidaemia

16% (24)

52% (6)

33% (18)

.34

Diabetes mellitus

12% (8)

33% (4)

8% (4)

.03

Coronary artery disease

5% (7)

12% (2)

8% (5)

1.0

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

30% (20)

42% (5)

28% (15)

.31

Smoke

44% (29)

25% (3)

48% (26)

.45

Chronic kidney disease

11% (7)

33% (4)

6% (3)

.03

Obesity

7% (5)

8% (1)

7% (4)

1.0

Atrial fibrillation

14% (9)

33% (4)

9% (5)

.18

PAA diameter mma

39 (19)

25 (45)

37 (18)

.30

  1. Statistically significant values are given in bold
  2. PAA popliteal artery aneurysm
  3. aMedian and interquartile range