Table 2. Univariate and multivariate linear regression models of ascending aorta dilation as a continuous variable for the whole cohort.

	Univariate		Multivariate
	Standardised beta±SE	P value	Standardisedbeta±SE	P value
Age, years	−0.15±0.01	0.007	−0.09±0.01	0.165
Sex	−0.03±0.07	0.567
Bicuspid aortic valve	0.09±0.08	0.118
Hypertension	−0.19±0.08	<0.001	−0.11±0.09	0.085
History of smoking	−0.01±0.07	0.841
Diabetes	−0.10±0.08	0.066
Glycaemia, mmol/L	−0.11±0.02	0.058
Body mass index, kg/m2	−0.06±0.01	0.297
Body surface area, m2	0.01±0.16	0.860
Low-density lipoprotein, mmol/L	0.18±0.04	0.001	0.10±0.05	0.158
Apolipoprotein B/apolipoprotein A1-I ratio	0.12±0.18	0.042	0.06±0.22	0.351
High-density lipoprotein, mmol/L	−0.07±0.09	0.209
Triglycerides, mmol/L	0.09±0.05	0.139
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg	−0.09±0.01	0.124
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg	−0.01±0.01	0.800
Valvulo-arterial impedance, mm Hg/mL/m2	−0.01±0.05	0.954
Vpeak baseline, cm/s	0.11±0.01	0.062
∆Vpeak, cm/s	0.06±0.01	0.328
Ascending aorta diameter, mm	−0.17±0.01	0.003	−0.19±0.01	<0.001

Values in bold reach statistical significance (p<0.05).

V_peakpeak aortic jet velocity