Table 1 Patient characteristics in the control group and AAD group.

From: A d-dimer and ADAMTS8 based multi-marker score for the diagnosis of acute aortic dissection

Characteristics

Control group (n = 173)

AAD group (n = 129)

t/Z/χ²

P value

Characteristics demographics

 Age (y)

53.79 ± 10.35

53.47 ± 12.45

0.243

0.808

 Male sex, n (%)

121 (69.90)

103 (79.80)

3.783

0.052

 Height (cm)

165.00 (160.00, 174.00)

173.00 (168.00, 175.00)

− 5.18

< 0.0001

 BMI (kg/m2)

25.88 (24.10, 28.08)

26.17 (22.95, 28.55)

− 0.22

0.823

 SBP (mmHg)

124.00 (115.00, 138.00)

136.00 (120.00, 160.00)

− 5.01

< 0.0001

 DBP (mmHg)

78.00 (71.00, 84.00)

80.00 (69.00, 87.50)

− 0.51

0.612

 HR (BPM)

76.00 (70.00, 82.00)

81.00 (73.00, 93.00)

− 3.25

0.001

Medical history and risk factors

 Hypertension, n (%)

87 (50.30)

104 (80.60)

29.25

< 0.0001

 Diabetes, n (%)

18 (10.40)

19 (14.70)

1.29

0.169

 Smoking, n (%)

43 (24.90)

62 (48.10)

17.55

< 0.0001

Biochemical and hematological data

 White blood cell, 10*9/L

6.36 (5.22, 7.41)

8.55 (6.59, 10.89)

− 2.495

0.018

 FPG (mmol/L)

4.92 (4.48, 5.90)

6.66 (5.63, 7.83)

− 7.65

< 0.0001

 TC (mmol/L)

4.10 ± 1.15

4.14 ± 0.93

− 0.58

0.564

 TG (mmol/L)

1.51 (1.05, 2.11)

1.35 (1.02, 1.88)

− 1.02

0.307

 HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.02 (0.86, 1.20)

0.84 (0.72, 0.99)

− 5.84

< 0.0001

 LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.55 ± 0.88

2.76 (2.42, 3.10)

− 0.96

0.337

 d-dimer (µg/L)

72.50 (43.00, 131.75)

1019.00 (467.00, 2896.00)

− 13.03

< 0.0001

 ADAMTS8 (pg/mL)

484.00 (392.00, 726.50)

898.00 (575.50, 1241.00)

− 7.87

< 0.0001

 CD36 (ng/mL)

6.25 (4.54, 8.91)

17.59 (10.72, 24.39)

− 11.34

< 0.0001

PTMA (ng/mL)

0.57 (0.48, 0.74)

0.76 (0.46, 1.28)

− 2.86

0.004

  1. BMI Body mass index, SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, HR heart rate, BPM beats per minute, FPG Fasting plasma glucose, TC total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, HDL-C High density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C Low density lipoprotein cholesterol, CD36 cluster of differentiation 36 molecule, ADAMTS8 a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 8, PTMA prothymosin α.