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Aortic Aneurysm
What Increases Your Risk
The leading risk factors for an aortic aneurysm are:
- Being over 65 years old.
- Being male.
- Smoking.
- High blood pressure.
- Family history of aortic aneurysms in first-degree relatives (parent, brother, or sister).
Abdominal aortic aneurysms are about 5 times more common in men than in women. An aneurysm happens in about 3 to 9 men out of 100 who are older than 50.Reference 4
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: Reference February 22, 2012 |
| Medical Review: | Reference E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Reference David A. Szalay, MD - Vascular Surgery |
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