Table 1 Patients demographics and clinical presentation of the aneurysms studied for lipid accumulation and oxidized lipids
Variables | Bleeding status | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Unruptured | Ruptured | ||
(n = 18) | (n = 36) | ||
A.Patients | |||
Age (years) | 55y. (42–70) | 57y. (34–84) | 0.773 |
Gender (females) | 56% (10/18) | 72% (26/36) | 0.239 |
Patients with multiple sIAs (≥2) | 33% (6/18) | 36% (13/36) | 1.000 |
History of prior SAH (from the studied sIA or another sIA) | 20% (3/15) | 97% (35/36) † | <0.001* |
Familial background | 0.174 | ||
Documented familial background (sIAs) | 0% (0/18) | 8% (3/36) | |
Possible familial background # | 11% (2/18) | 11% (4/36) | |
Family history unknown | 39% (7/18) | 58% (21/36) | |
No familial background (verified cases) | 50% (9/18) | 22% (8/36) | |
Smoking | 0.129 | ||
Current smoker | 50% (9/18) | 39% (14/36) | |
Ex-smoker | 17% (3/18) | 3% (1/36) | |
Never smoked | 17% (3/18) | 17% (6/36) | |
Status not known | 17% (3/18) | 42% (15/36) | |
Hypertension | 83% (15/18) | 36% (13/36) | 0.004* |
B.Aneurysms | |||
Neck diameter (mm) | 4.5 mm (3–7) | 4 mm (1.5-8) | 0.273 |
Width of fundus (mm) | 6.0 mm (3–11) | 7.0 mm (3–19) | 0.624 |
Lenght of fundus (mm) | 6.3 mm (3–11) | 6.5 mm (2–27) | 0.773 |