Table 1 Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): Prevalence and incidence studies.

From: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease effect on the prevalence and postoperative outcome of abdominal aortic aneurysms: A meta-analysis

Study (published year)

Study type

Male (%)

Age

Region

AAA (case/total)

No AAA (case/control)

Reported OR (95% CI)

P

Comments

Lederle et al. (1988)

PBS

100

≥60

US

1/18

7/183

NA

NA

 

Smith et al. (1993)

PBS

100

≥65

UK

28/219

205/2378

NA

<0.05

 

Simoni et al. (1995)

PBS

46

≥65

Italy

22/70

126/1504

NA

<0.001

 

Lederle et al. (1997) (1)

PBS

97

≥50

US

NA

NA

1.04 (0.92–1.16)*

NA

AAA (3.0–3.9cm)

Lederle et al. (1997) (2)

PBS

97

≥50

US

NA

NA

1.28 (1.09–1.50)*

NA

AAA (≥4.0cm)

Lindholt et al. (1998)

PBS

100

≥65

Denmark

16/139

264/4265

2.05 (1.14–3.62)

0.01

 

Lederle et al. (2000) (1)§

PBS

97

≥50

US

NA

NA

1.11 (0.95–1.30)*

NA

AAA (3.0–3.9cm)

Lederle et al. (2000) (2)§

PBS

97

≥50

US

NA

NA

1.08 (0.86–1.36)*

NA

AAA (≥4.0cm)

Shteinberg et al. (2000)

CCS

88

≥43

Israel

28/82

19/73

NA

NS

AAA vs. PAOD

Petersen et al. (2002)

CCS

70

≥50

Sweden

2/10

3/30

NA

NA

AAA vs (AOD + SCS + NAM)

Barba et al. (2005)

CCS

93.7

NA

Spain

40/151

184/1015

NA

0.015

AAA vs. PAOD

Fowkes et al. (2006)

CCS

72

74m

UK

87/89

94/98

NA

NA

AAA vs. No

Yaghoubian et al. (2006)

CCS

91

74m

US

14/100

1/100

16.1 (2.08–125.1)

0.0005

AAA vs. No

Iribarren et al. (2007)

PS

45

>18

US

NA

NA

1.25 (0.94–1.65)*

NA

AAA/No AAA: 605/104208

Koksal et al. (2007)

CCS

NA

≥47

Turkey

7/40

9/40

NA

NA

AAA vs. AOD

Ito et al. (2008)

CCS

78.7

73m

Japan

63/211

20/132

2.38 (1.28–4.26); 2.05 (1.11–3.89)*

0.002; 0.025*

AAA vs. TAA

Lederle et al. (2008)

PS

0

≥50

US

22/184

5657/161624

1.44 (0.88–2.37)*

NA

 

Svensjo et al. (2011)

PBS

100

65

Sweden

21/233

920/14378

1.2 (0.8–1.9)*

0.44*

 

Duncan et al. (2012)

PS

100

≥65

UK

73/414

623/7063

3.13 (2.28–4.30);1.98 (1.37–2.86)*

NA

 

Pitoulias et al. (2012)

CCS

88.2

≥45

Greece

35/110

10/60

0.43 (0.20–0.94);0.65 (0.27–1.58)*

0.035 0.34*

AAA vs. AOD

Saracini et al. (2012)

CCS

87.7

≥40

Italy

311/423

66/423

NA

NA

AAA vs. No

Svensjo et al. (2013)

PBS

0

70

Sweden

3/19

447/5120

1.96 (0.57–6.75)

0.277

 

Chun et al. (2014)

PBS

99.6

≥50

US

122/469

647/5673

1.75 (1.41–2.18)

<0.001

 
  1. PBS: population based screening; CCS: case control study; PS: prospective study; NA: not available, NS: not significant; AOD: aortic occlusive disease; SCS: plaque ulceration; NAM: no similar specific manifestations of atherosclerotic disease; PAOD: peripheral artery occlusive disease; TAA: thoracic aorta aneurysm; : accumulated data in the two studies (AAA/No AAA: 3366/70085); §: accumulated data in the two studies (AAA/No AAA: 1917/50828); m mean; *adjusted data available.
  2. Reference in supplemental files.