• Mehmet Ali Koç, Omer Arda Cetinkaya, Evren Üstüner, A Gülsen Ceyhun Peker, Mehmet Uungan, and Uğur Bengisun.
• Department of General Surgery, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara-Turkey.
• Ulus Travma Acil Cer. 2021 Jan 1; 27 (1): 17-21.

BackgroundThis study aims to evaluate the prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in Turkish men aged 60 years and older and the factors associated with AAA.MethodsThrough sixty-two family health centers located in the Kecioren district of Ankara, 239 male volunteers of the target age were recruited for this pilot study. The volunteers were scanned using B-mode ultrasonography. An aorta of 3 cm or larger in outer to outer diameter was accepted as having AAA. The participants were screened for age, height, weight, known diseases and risk factors.ResultsAAA was detected in 11 volunteers (4.6%). A history of smoking increased the risk of AAA (Odds ratio: 12.75; CI 95%, 1.2-134.3). The presence of an aneurysm with a history of myocardial infarction (MI) was statistically significant when compared to volunteers without a history of MI (p=0.007). Similarly, volunteers with a history of coronary angiography had a greater risk of an aneurysm than volunteers without (9.5% and 1.9%, respectively). Also, there was a negative correlation between diabetes, peripheral arterial disease, and aortic diameters.ConclusionAlthough AAA has high mortality rates when ruptured, it is a preventable disease. Therefore, it is necessary to know the prevalence of AAA in Turkey. Our findings were compatible with the literature. However, our study was performed as a pilot study, and there is a need for larger studies in our country.

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