Mortality and Size of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm at Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients Not Treated Surgically and Treated With and Without Statins

Of 130 patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) not treated surgically, 75 (58%) were treated with statins. The sizes of the AAAs were 4.6 ± 0.6 cm at baseline and 4.5 ± 0.6 cm at 23-month follow-up in patients treated with statins (p = NS) and 4.5 ± 0.6 cm at baseline and 5.3 ± 0.6 cm at 24-month follow-up in patients not treated with statins (p <0.001). Four of 75 patients (5%) treated with statins died at 45-month follow-up, and 9 of 55 patients (16%) not treated with statins died at 44-month follow-up (p <0.05).