An abdominal aortic aneurysm screening programme for all males over the age of 50 years

Recommendations for screening intervals for small aortic aneurysms

“…In the present study an AAA was defined as an aortic diameter larger than 2·5 cm, in keeping with previous publications 3,8,10,11,13 . However, others have argued that an aortic diameter smaller than 3·0 cm is normal, and unlikely to progress to clinically significant AAA formation 12,14 .…”

Haptoglobin phenotypes and plasma haptoglobin levels in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm

“…As age has been reported to be related to AAA, 19 the effect of age on plasma Hp levels in the 53 patients with the 2-2 phenotype was examined. There was no significant interaction between age and the occurrence of AAA (ie, the correlation between these variables was similar for both the AAA and non-AAA groups [data not shown]).…”

Incidence among men of asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms: estimates from 500 screen detected cases

“…A detailed description of the protocol used in this study has been published elsewhere. 4 A total of 11 000 men aged over 50 were screened and 515 abdominal aortic aneurysms were detected. The analysis used first scan data for all men aged between 50 and 89, screened between 21 November 1991 and 6 January 1998.…”