Table 3 R ² coefficients for the linear part of the lnA-U loops in the volunteers’ cohort, both for ascending and descending aortic data, indicating the goodness of the linear fit

1

0.9896

0.9804

2

0.9998

0.9952

3

0.997

0.995

4

0.9842

0.991

5

0.9962

0.9983

6

0.9935

0.9923

7

0.9926

0.9999

8

0.9942

0.9935

9

0.9995

0.9962

10

0.9997

0.9954

11

0.9938

0.9986

12

0.9924

0.9934

13

0.9892

0.9971

14

0.9861

0.9971

15

0.9885

0.9971

Average

0.993

0.995