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Maximal aortic diameter measured by office-based ultrasound versus the criterion standard. The 45° line on the scatter plot is a reference for perfect agreement between the new office-based measurement and the conventional criterion standard measurement of maximal aortic diameter.
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CHARACTERISTIC MEN (N = 28) WOMEN (N = 17) Mean age (95% CI), years 73.5 (71.1–75.9) 72.1 (69.7–74.5) Patients > 75 years, % 28 29 Only 1 risk factor, % 25 35 Diabetes, % 39 47 Hypertension, % 57 70 Family history of abdominal aortic aneurysm, % 7 11 Current smokers, % 7 6 History of coronary artery disease, % 11 35 - Table 2
A 2 × 2 table showing the correlation between the office-based scan and the criterion standard scan: No true positives were missed by the office-based scan, and no false positives were identified.
ULTRASOUND OF AORTA FOR MAXIMAL AORTIC DIAMETER > 3 CM* CRITERION STANDARD SCAN POSITIVE FOR AAA, N NEGATIVE FOR AAA, N OFFICE-BASED SCAN POSITIVE FOR AAA, N 2 0 NEGATIVE FOR AAA, N 0 43 -
AAA—abdominal aortic aneurysm.
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↵* An AAA was defined as a focal dilatation of the aorta > 3 cm.
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