Table 5 Fisher’s exact test comparison of all-cause mortality

CPET era

Conservative Rx (n = 42)

12 (28.6%)

Pre-CPET

All (n = 128)

53

0.15

N/A

Open (n = 103)

45

0.10

N/A

EVAR (n = 25)

8

0.79

N/A

CPET era

All operated (n = 169)

11 (6.5%)

<0.001

0.17 (0.07 to 0.43)

All open (n = 100)

8 (8%)

<0.01

0.22 (0.08 to 0.58)

CPET-pass OPEN (n = 74)

6 (8.1%)

<0.01

0.22 (0.08 to 0.64)

All EVAR (n = 69)

3 (4.3%)

<0.001

0.11 (0.03 to 0.43)

CPET-pass EVAR (n = 25)

0 (0%)

<0.01

0.05 (0.005 to 0.85 )