Clinical Research Article Diabetes Mellitus and Aortic Aneurysm Rupture: A Favorable Association?

Introduction: Recent reports suggest that diabetic patients are relatively unlikely to have abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). This retrospective study assesses the relationship between diabetes mellitus (DM) and aortic aneurysm rupture. Methods: Patients with a diagnosis of any aortic aneurysm during a 10-year period were identified from our records. Patients with diagnoses of aortic aneurysm (thoracic, thoracoabdominal, and abdominal, treated and untreated) were included. Patients with nonather-omatous aneurysms (transection, dissection, mycotic, or isolated iliac) were excluded. Results: In all, 1830 patients with non