The Presence of Diabetes is not Associated with Lower Risk of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms – results From a Large Register-based Matched Case-control Study From 1996-2016

Introduction: Numerous studies have shown a paradoxically protective effect of diabetes on development and progression of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). The aim of our study was to investigate whether the protective role of diabetes on abdominal aortic aneurysms extends to rupture. Methods: Register-based case-control study of patients with a ruptured AAA (RAAA) matched 1:1 with patients undergoing elective surgery for AAA by sex, year of...