title: Lack of major gender-related differences in patients undergoing elective endovascular or surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this single center retrospective study was to determine gender-related differences in patients undergoing repair of aortic aneurysm.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 296 consecutive patients with an abdominal aneurysm undergoing elective endovascular or surgical repair was included in the study. Among these, 24 (8.1%) were females and 272 (91.9%) were males. Demographic and clinical characteristics as well as laboratory values in terms of any potential gender-specific differences were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Females were significantly older at the time of repair than males. No gender-related differences were found analysing major clinical and laboratory parameters.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The clinical and laboratory profile with which males and females present at the time of elective endovascular or surgical repair for aortic aneurysm is very similar. It does not reveal any potential gender-specific risk constellation. It eventually remains unclear why the prevalence of aortic aneurysm is higher in male than in females.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Angiology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Van Der Loo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Naef
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spring
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rousson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amann-Vesti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koppensteiner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods