title: [Gender-related difference in patients with aortic dissection from Guangzhou].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate gender-related differences in risk factors, clinical manifestation and outcomes in patients with aortic dissection (AD) from Guangzhou.
  
  
  METHODS
  Consecutive patients with AD admitted to our institute over the past 10 years were included in this retrospective analysis. Prevalence of hypertension, smoking, thickness of intraventricular septum and left ventricular posterior wall measured by echocardiography, and outcomes were compared between male and female AD patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were more male AD patients than female AD patients (5.33:1) from the 418 patients. Prevalence of hypertension, thickness of intraventricular septum and left ventricular posterior wall were similar in male and female AD patients. Heavy smoking history was 56.5% in males and 13.6% in females (P = 0.000). Acute survival rate in female patients tended to be better than that in male patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There were significantly more male AD patients than female AD patients in this cohort. Prevalence of heave smoking in male patients is 3 times higher than that in female population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou 510100, China.
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Jian-fang
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Wen-hui
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jing-zhuang
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Mai
authors.forename: Xiao-qing
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects