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The study aim was to assess the relationship between the presence of antibodies to <jats:italic>Chlamydia pneumoniae<\/jats:italic> and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) incidence. <jats:italic>Patients and Methods<\/jats:italic>. Consecutive AAA patients and AAA\u2010free controls were recruited prospectively. Serum samples from both groups were examined to determine Immunoglobulin (Ig) A and IgG titres against <jats:italic>Chlamydia pneumoniae<\/jats:italic> by ELISA and C\u2010reactive protein (CRP) concentrations. Results were expressed as mean (SD) or median (IQR) and compared using <jats:italic>\u03c7<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> and Mann\u2010Whitney <jats:italic>U<\/jats:italic> tests. A <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> value of &lt;0.05 was considered statistically significant. <jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. Each study group (AAA\/nAAA) comprised 250 patients. 196 (78.7%) AAA patients had positive IgA antichlamydial antibody titres, compared to 181 (72.4%) in the control group (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.008, OR 2.0, 95% CI 1.2\u20133.5). However, positive IgG antibody titres were similar (191 versus 203; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.222, OR 0.7, 95% CI 0.4\u20131.3). Average CRP concentrations were higher in AAA individuals. IgA or IgG antibody titres were not related to CRP concentrations. <jats:italic>Conclusions<\/jats:italic>. These results demonstrated that the frequent incidence of <jats:italic>Chlamydia pneumoniae<\/jats:italic> antibodies within the general population makes it difficult to relate its presence to AAA development, despite the high IgA antibody titres. 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