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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of participants.

From: Thoracic aortopathy in Turner syndrome and the influence of bicuspid aortic valves and blood pressure: a CMR study

 

TS

Controls

 
  

N

Mean ± SD

Range

n

Mean ± SD

Range

p-value

Age (years)

 

102

37.7 ± 10.9

18 - 62

24

42.7 ± 10.4

25 - 63

0.04

Height (cm)

 

102

147.3 ± 7.1

134 - 171

24

168.2 ± 5.9

155 - 177

< 0.001

Weight (kg)

 

101

57.6 ± 12.4

34 - 104

24

69.4 ± 7.3

57 - 84

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

 

101

26.6 ± 5.6

16 - 48

24

24.6 ± 3.2

21 - 34

0.1

BSA (m2)

 

101

1.49 ± 0.16

1.2 - 2

24

1.79 ± 0.092

1.6 - 2

< 0.001

24 h AMBP (mm Hg)

Systolic

97

122 ± 14

99 - 192

24

115 ± 9

100 - 133

0.03

 

Diastolic

97

77 ± 11

54 - 134

24

73 ± 7

63 - 87

0.1

Estrogen deficiency (yrs)

 

94

6.4 ± 8.3

0 - 40

    

GH treatment (years)

 

23

5.5

1 - 12

    

Antihypertensive treatmeant (years)

 

24

5.3

0.5 - 19

    
  1. Baseline data in TS and healthy female control subjects.
  2. AMBP are average values of 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure registration (day and night time values not shown).