Predictors for pathologically confirmed aortitis after resection of the ascending aorta: A 12-year Danish nationwide population-based cross-sectional study

Table 2 Demographics variables, comorbidities, and cardiovascular risk factors in 1,210 patients

Variable	With pathological examination of aorta				Without pathological examination of aorta, n (%)
	Without aortitis, n (%)	With aortitis, n (%)	OR for aortitis (95% CI)	p
Male gender	395 (69)	23 (62)	1.1 (0.5-2.4)	0.78	410 (68)
Cancer	37 (6)	2 (5)	0.7 (0.1-3.2)	0.63	51 (8)
Stroke	56 (10)	3 (8)	0.8 (0.2-2.8)	0.72	95 (16)
Ischemic heart disease	163 (28)	10 (27)	0.8 (0.4-1.9)	0.70	227 (38)
Renal failure	36 (6)	1 (3)	0.5 (0.1-4.0)	0.51	49 (8)
Connective tissue disease	28 (5)	7 (19)	4.7 (1.6-13.6)	0.0042	33 (5)
Peripheral vascular disease	47 (8)	3 (8)	0.8 (0.2-2.9)	0.72	55 (9)
Infection	83 (14)	3 (8)	0.4 (0.1-1.5)	0.17	107 (18)
Hypertension	183 (32)	13 (35)	1.2 (0.5-2.5)	0.68	261 (43)
Diabetes	10 (2)	2 (5%	5.2 (0.9-29.7)	0.06	19 (3)
Age, years				0.35
15-47	148 (26)	6 (16)	1.0 (ref.)		79 (13)
48-59	147 (26)	8 (21)	1.4 (0.5-4.4)		145 (24)
60-67	143 (25)	9 (24)	1.5 (0.4-4.5)		156 (26)
68-84	135 (2)	14 (38)	2.5 (0.8-7.6)		220 (37)
Surgical center				0.11
1	118 (21)	9 (24)	1.0 (ref.)		238 (40)
2	110 (19)	2 (5)	0.2 (0.1-1.0)		54 (9)
3	114 (20)	5 (14)	0.6 (0.2-2.1)		55 (9)
4	162 (28)	13 (35)	1.1 (0.4-2.9)		219 (36)
5	69 (12)	8 (22)	1.7 (0.6-4.9)		34 (6)

Patients with and without pathological examination, and with and without inflammation of the ascending aorta, Denmark, 1997 to 2009 (logistic regression analysis, adjusted prevalence ORs for aortitis).
CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.

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