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Table 2 Subgroup characteristics and comparison

From: Proximal aortic stiffening in Turner patients may be present before dilation can be detected: a segmental functional MRI study

 

TAV Control

TAV Turner

BAV Turner

Control-TAV Turner

Control-BAV Turner

TAV- BAV Turner

(n = 38)

(n = 39)

(n = 16)

p

p

p

Age (y)

34 (14)

30 (12)

25 (9)

0.241

0.008

0.128

Length (cm)

166 (8)

154 (8)

152 (6)

0.000

0.000

0.466

Weight (kg)

61 (11)

58 (12)

55 (8)

0.329

0.099

0.458

Heart Rate (bpm)

69 (10)

78 (14)

83 (8)

0.002

0.000

0.120

BMI (kg/m2)

21.8 (3.1)

24.4 (4.8)

23.9 (2.8)

0.006

0.032

0.589

BSA (mosteller)

1.67 (0.17)

1.6 (0.2)

1.5 (0.1)

0.016

0.007

0.454

Systolic BP (mmHg)

118 (14)

123 (16)

118 (14)

0.151

0.982

0.316

Diastolic BP (mmHg)

70 (9)

82 (14)

80 (9)

0.000

0.002

0.528

Aortic arch length (mm)

97 (13)

99 (15)

110 (27)

0.542

0.021

0.055

Descending aorta (mm)

108 (15)

102 (13)

96 (12)

0.050

0.009

0.159

Abdominal aorta (mm)

170 (21)

156 (21)

163 (16)

0.005

0.235

0.245

  1. Descriptive parameters per subgroup, with p-value (t-test; bold indicates <0.05) for each comparison of two subgroups