Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of TAAD patients
From: Alpha-actin-2 mutations in Chinese patients with a non-syndromatic thoracic aortic aneurysm
Clinical data | Number of patients (%) |
|---|---|
Age (years) (mean ± SD) | 48.9 ± 10.8 (range 17–93) |
 50 | 106 (50.5) |
 50–54 | 50 (23.8) |
 55–59 | 28 (13.3) |
 ≥60 | 26 (12.4) |
Gender (male) | 174 (82.9) |
Risk-related diseases | Â |
 Diabetes | 10 (4.8) |
 Hypertension | 109 (51.9) |
 Smoker | 112 (53.3) |
TAAD location | Â |
 Thoracic AAD | 45 (21.4) |
 Thoracic and abdominal AAD | 165 (78.6) |