Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Table 4 Gender specific effects of increasing BMI, BSA and age on regional aortic diameter

From: Observational study of regional aortic size referenced to body size: production of a cardiovascular magnetic resonance nomogram

		BMI				BSA				Age
		R	β	p	p ♂	R	β	p	p ♂	R	β	p	p ♂
					vs ♀				vs ♀				vs ♀
Aortic annulus	♂	0.3	0.17	<0.01	0.15	0.37	5.6	<0.001	0.63	0.07	0	>0.99	-
Aortic annulus	♀	0.36	0.09	<0.001	0.15	0.54	4.9	<0.001	0.63	0.01	0.01	0.44	-
Sinus of valsalva	♂	0.2	0.16	0.06	0.18	0.28	6	<0.01	0.43	0.32	0.1	<0.01	0.37
Sinus of valsalva	♀	0.11	0.04	0.26	0.18	0.27	4	<0.01	0.43	0.25	0.07	<0.01	0.37
Sino tubular junction	♂	0.27	0.21	<0.01	0.12	0.37	7.6	<0.001	0.15	0.44	0.13	<0.001	0.34
Sino tubular junction	♀	0.26	0.09	<0.02	0.12	0.31	4.3	<0.01	0.15	0.4	0.1	<0.01	0.34
Ascending aorta	♂	0.25	0.22	<0.001	0.49	0.35	7.6	<0.001	0.28	0.61	0.19	<0.001	0.16
Ascending aorta	♀	0.31	0.17	<0.001	0.49	0.29	5.6	<0.001	0.28	0.49	0.15	<0.001	0.16
Proximal descending aorta	♂	0.27	0.17	<0.001	0.03	0.35	5.5	<0.001	0.03	0.63	0.14	<0.001	<0.001
Proximal descending aorta	♀	0.27	0.08	<0.001	0.03	0.28	2.8	<0.001	0.03	0.5	0.08	<0.001	<0.001
Distal descending aorta	♂	0.25	0.14	<0.001	0.17	0.27	3.8	<0.001	0.51	0.67	0.14	<0.001	<0.02
	♀	0.29	0.09	<0.001		0.29	3.1	<0.001		0.64	0.11	<0.001

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