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Patients admitted for surgical repair of ruptured abdominal or thoracic aortic aneurysms were included. Patients discharged alive were followed for 30 days. The co-primary outcomes were in-hospital and 30-day mortality. Results: A total of 9858 patients hospitalized for surgical repair of ruptured abdominal or thoracic aortic aneurysm were included, of whom 16.4% had diabetes. A lower adjusted risk of in-hospital mortality in abdominal and thoracic aneurysms was observed in diabetes patients (aOR = 0.76 [0.67\u20130.87], 0.61 [0.46\u20130.810], respectively). However, atrial fibrillation and acute renal failure were more likely to occur in the presence of diabetes (aOR = 1.25 [1.11\u20131.42]; 1.17 [1.05\u20131.32], respectively). Within 30 days, diabetes was not associated with a difference in the incidence of mortality or readmission (aHR = 1.47 [95% CI 0.98\u20132.22]; 1.15 [95% CI 0.99\u20131.34], respectively). Cardiovascular system-related pathologies were the most prevalent etiologies in all readmitted patients. Infections were more likely to occur in the diabetes group (16.0% vs. 11.0%, respectively, p = 0.042). Conclusions: The paradoxical effect of diabetes is also observed in ruptured aneurysms treated surgically, as type 2 diabetes patients have a lower in-hospital mortality. However, this protective effect does not extend to 30-day readmission or survival.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm14124370","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,19]],"date-time":"2025-06-19T06:11:07Z","timestamp":1750313467000},"page":"4370","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Diabetes Is Associated with Lower In-Hospital Mortality in Patients Undergoing Surgical Repair for Aortic Aneurysm Rupture"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Hamza","family":"Chaudhry","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Doha P.O. Box 24144, Qatar"},{"name":"Joan and Sanford I. 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