Female Sex Is Not an Independent Risk Factor for Poor Prognosis of Patients with Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Undergoing Surgery
Table 1
Baseline characteristics.
Unmatched
Weighted
Overall n = 1448
Female n = 352
Male n = 1096
value
Female n = 261.5
Male n = 250.5
value
Age (median (IQR), years)
49.0 (41.0, 58.0)
56.0 (47.3, 64.0)
47.8 (40.0, 55.0)
52.0 (46.0, 61.0)
54.0 (45.0, 62.0)
0.631
BMI (median (IQR), kg/m2)
25.7 (23.4, 28.2)
24.8 (22.6, 27.1)
26.0 (23.7, 28.7)
25.4 (22.9, 27.1)
24.8 (22.9, 27.5)
0.955
Hypertension (%)
1136 (78.5)
285 (81.0)
851 (77.6)
0.187
205.3 (78.5)
196.1 (78.3)
0.934
Diabetes mellitus (%)
44 (3.0)
11 (3.1)
33 (3.0)
0.914
7.5 (2.9)
7.7 (3.1)
0.876
CAD (%)
39 (2.7)
13 (3.7)
26 (2.4)
0.183
8.4 (3.2)
8.2 (3.3)
0.972
COPD (%)
9 (0.6)
1 (0.3)
8 (0.7)
0.592
1.0 (0.4)
0.8 (0.3)
0.866
Marfan syndrome (%)
111 (7.7)
28 (8.0)
83 (7.6)
0.815
22.9 (8.8)
22.2 (8.9)
0.964
Smoking (%)
609 (42.1)
40 (11.4)
569 (51.9)
38.8 (14.8)
38.7 (15.5)
0.807
Family history (%)†
24 (1.7)
4 (1.1)
20 (1.8)
0.379
4.0 (1.5)
4.6 (1.8)
0.766
History of cardiac surgery (%)
40 (2.8)
8 (2.3)
32 (2.9)
0.519
7.6 (2.9)
6.7 (2.7)
0.853
History of aortic surgery (%)
34 (2.3)
7 (2.0)
27 (2.5)
0.609
6.0 (2.3)
6.2 (2.5)
0.867
Hemoglobin (median (IQR), g/L)
134.0 (122.0, 146.0)
121.0 (112.0, 130.0)
139.0 (128.0, 148.0)
124.0 (117.0, 132.0)
126.0 (111.8, 137.0)
0.281
White blood cell (median (IQR), 109/L)
11.4 (9.2, 13.9)
10.7 (8.8, 13.1)
11.7 (9.4, 14.3)
10.9 (8.8, 13.3)
10.6 (8.6, 13.1)
0.318
Platelet (median (IQR), 109/L)
169.0 (135.0, 209.0])
174.0 (139.0, 218.0)
168.0 (134.0, 206.0)
0.063
171.0 (139.0, 213.5)
166.0 (131.9, 216.0])
0.401
Fuwai A (%)
90 (6.2)
23 (6.5)
67 (6.1)
0.392
17.4 (6.6)
16.2 (6.5)
0.925
Fuwai Cp (%)
55 (3.8)
27 (7.7)
28 (2.6)
12.6 (4.8)
12.3 (4.9)
0.960
Fuwai Ct (%)
1303 (90.0)
302 (85.8)
1001 (91.3)
231.5 (88.5)
222.0 (88.6)
0.970
Penn Aa (%)
1035 (71.5)
282 (80.1)
753 (68.7)
201.1 (76.9)
190.5 (76.1)
0.794
Penn Ab (%)
393 (27.1)
68 (19.3)
325 (29.7)
58.6 (22.4)
58.6 (23.4)
0.765
Penn Ac (%)
11 (0.8)
0 (0.0)
11 (1.0)
0.125
0.0 (0.0)
0.0 (0.0)
0.081
Penn Abc (%)
9 (0.6)
2 (0.6)
7 (0.6)
1
1.8 (0.7)
1.4 (0.6)
0.852
†Family history mainly included family history of thoracic aortic aneurysm or dissection; statistically significant. BMI: body mass index; CAD: coronary artery disease; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; IQ:, interquartile range.
