19 – 22 A highly significant risk factor was sex.
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Other factors, such as HLP, PAOD, malignancy, and/or a positive family history for AAA also increased the risk for AAA, but failed to reach statistical significance.
The presence of PAOD alone (OR 2.47, P -value 0.086, 95% CI 0.88–6.94) or HLP (OR 2.8, P -value 0.054, 95% CI 0.98–7.81) also showed an increased risk; however, these effects did not reach statistical significance.