Data Spread

Patient Characteristics

All Patients

Notes:

  • check outliers

Notes:

  • far fewer control trials than aneurysmal
  • 3 patients prior cardiac surgery

By Tissue Type

Notes:

  • 2 recipients with “suspicious” genetic history; 11 aneurysm patients no data
  • Lots of valvular disease ina neurysmal patients
  • High % recipients with CKD, CHF (expected but perhaps explanatory?)
  • Aneurysm patients taller and higher weight, but recipients have lowest BMI…?
  • Age does not seem to vary much between groups

Experimental Data

Missing Data

variable n_miss pct_miss
gene_identified 222 82.8358209
bav_type 129 48.1343284
aortopathy_diagnosis 50 18.6567164
genetic_aortopathy 35 13.0597015
max_distal_diameter_cm_ct 17 6.3432836
max_root_diameter_cm_ct 13 4.8507463
max_mid_diameter_cm_ct 13 4.8507463
max_proximal_diameter_cm_ct 13 4.8507463
max_diameter_cm_ct 13 4.8507463
ai 7 2.6119403
aortic_stenosis 7 2.6119403
height_cm 4 1.4925373
weight_kg 4 1.4925373
bmi_kg_m2 4 1.4925373
coronary_artery_disease 4 1.4925373
prior_cardiovascular_surgery 2 0.7462687
chronic_kidney_disease 1 0.3731343
congestive_heart_failure_previous_diagnosis 1 0.3731343
…1 0 0.0000000
record_id 0 0.0000000
project 0 0.0000000
region 0 0.0000000
elbow_th 0 0.0000000
elbow_z 0 0.0000000
ltm_th 0 0.0000000
ltm_z 0 0.0000000
htm_th 0 0.0000000
htm_z 0 0.0000000
tissue_type 0 0.0000000
disease 0 0.0000000
Root 0 0.0000000
Prox 0 0.0000000
Mid 0 0.0000000
Dist 0 0.0000000
age_at_surgery 0 0.0000000
male_sex 0 0.0000000
race 0 0.0000000
ethnicity 0 0.0000000
aortic_valve 0 0.0000000
hx_of_hypertension 0 0.0000000
stroke 0 0.0000000
diabetes 0 0.0000000
copd 0 0.0000000
dyslipidemia 0 0.0000000
ratio 0 0.0000000

Examine each variable with high missingness

bav_type: missingness okay

All patients with BAV have bav_type

aortic_valve Total
Bicuspid Tricuspid Unknown Unknown/Indeterminate
bav_type
RL (Right-Left) Fusion 87 0 0 0 87
RN (Right-Noncoronary) Fusion 18 0 0 0 18
Sievers 0 15 0 0 0 15
Sievers II (Unicuspid) 19 0 0 0 19
NA 0 121 3 5 129
Total 139 121 3 5 268

Genetic Aortopathy: Problem

3 Controls are listed as “suspicious” genetic history; several aneurysms ahve missing data

genetic_aortopathy Total
Familial None Suspicious Syndromic NA
disease
Aneurysm 23 142 22 19 35 241
Control 0 24 3 0 0 27
Total 23 166 25 19 35 268

Missing data is all among newer patients (MAT# > 200)

Aortopathy Diagnosis:: missingness okay

All patients with diagnosed CTD have data

Diameter

13 patients are missing all diameter measurements, and 4 are missing distal only

Both controls and aneurysms are missing data

disease variable n_miss pct_miss
Aneurysm max_distal_diameter_cm_ct 4 1.6597510
Aneurysm max_root_diameter_cm_ct 2 0.8298755
Aneurysm max_mid_diameter_cm_ct 2 0.8298755
Aneurysm max_proximal_diameter_cm_ct 2 0.8298755
Aneurysm max_diameter_cm_ct 2 0.8298755
Control max_distal_diameter_cm_ct 13 48.1481481
Control max_root_diameter_cm_ct 11 40.7407407
Control max_mid_diameter_cm_ct 11 40.7407407
Control max_proximal_diameter_cm_ct 11 40.7407407
Control max_diameter_cm_ct 11 40.7407407