Heat shock protein 27 plays a protective role in thoracic aortic dissection by promoting cell proliferation and inhibiting apoptosis

Table 1 Characteristics of the patients and controls

Characteristics	Controls	TAD patients	p
Characteristics	(n = 8)	(n = 12)	p
Age (y)	40.9 ± 6.7	47.4 ± 9.2	0.4
Men	8 (100%)	12 (100%)	1
History of smoking	5 (62.5%)	6 (50%)	0.7
Hypertension	0 (0%)	9 (75%)	0.001
Atherosclerosis	3 (37.5%)	7 (58.3%)	0.7

Age and aortic diameter were compared using Student’s t-test. All other variables were compared using Fisher’s exact test. TAD thoracic aortic dissection

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