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Social vulnerability index was calculated by patient residential Zone Improvement Plan (ZIP) code. Outcomes of interest were postoperative major adverse events (operative mortality, myocardial infarction, stroke, reoperation, haemodialysis, and tracheostomy) and all-cause mortality at time of last registry assessment.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Of the 2002 patients, 659 (32.9%) had SVI &amp;lt;0.25, 727 (36.3%) had SVI 0.25to &amp;lt;0.50, 338 (16.9%) had SVI 0.50 to &amp;lt;0.75, and 278 (13.9%) had SVI \u22650.75. Patients with SVI \u22650.75 had more comorbidity (diabetes, smoking, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, prior stroke, renal insufficiency, and New York Heart Association class III-IV heart failure), as well as more dissection at presentation and non-elective surgery, compared with lower-SVI patients. Operative mortality occurred in 8\/2002 (0.40%) patients and the composite of major adverse events occurred in 99\/2002 (4.9%) patients. On multivariable analysis, SVI was not significantly associated with major adverse events (odds ratio for SVI \u22650.75: 1.09, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.56-2.06; P\u2009=\u2009.80). At median follow-up of 8.3\u2009years (95% CI 4.3-14.0), 204 (10.2%) patients had died; patients with SVI \u22650.75 had the highest all-cause mortality (SVI &amp;lt;0.25: 49\/659 [7.4%], SVI 0.25 to &amp;lt;0.50: 69\/727 [9.5%], SVI 0.50 to &amp;lt;0.75: 41\/338 [12.1%], SVI \u22650.75: 45\/278 [16.2%]; P\u2009=\u2009.001). 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