The variables included in the Cox regression analysis were age, gender, smokinghistory, hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, COPD, coronary heart disease,myocardial infarction, previous coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), previouspercutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), cerebrovascular accident, chronic renalinsufficiency, hemoglobin, platelet count, NLR, HRR, albumin, and aneurysmdiameter. This evidence concerns the gene ALB and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.