… : The diagnosis of diabetes was associated with an overall reduction in aneurysm growth rate
… more severe concomitant vascular comorbidities and similar initial sizes of aneurysms. The …

… diabetes is associated with decreased abdominal aortic … A nested case-control study reported
decreased risk of … study reported reduced AAA expansion in patients with diabetes but no …

… (AAA) is defined as an abnormal focal expansion of the abdominal aorta with a diameter …
related to the biology of abdominal aortic wall. Diabetic patients were shown to have decreased …

… association between diabetes mellitus and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) may be driven
… than diabetes per se. We sought to investigate the association among AAA growth rate, …

… associated with lower risk of AAA and smaller aortic diameter. … the reduced AAA risk, and
the reduced aortic diameter may be a … aneurysmal growth rate has been reported in diabetes …

… Factors associated with decreased yearly AAA growth rates included prescriptions for
angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers or sulfonylureas and the presence of diabetes-related …

… growth rate was significantly slower in diabetic patients receiving metformin compared with
nondiabetic patients … be significantly associated with diminished AAA growth rates in animal …

… haemoglobin are associated with a reduced AAA growth rate. It is thus logical to assume
that diabetes may also protect against RAAA in those who have already developed an AAA. …

… smoking is associated with higher rates of aneurysm growth 7 … , diabetes may be protective
in AAA 13 , 14 and may be … antibiotics in the reduction of AAA growth rates is mixed and …

… diabetes mellitus is associated with a reduced prevalence and growth of abdominal aortic
aneurysms … that influence AAA growth will enable us to risk stratify patients and potentially …