TABLE 4.

Correlation and analyses of aortic diameter variance in women

Variable	r2	P	F ratio	P
Age	0.002	NS	1.2	NS
Height	0.236	<0.001	37.2	<0.001
BMI	0.172	<0.001	21.0	<0.001
SP	0.060	NS	2.6	NS
DP	0.149	0.001	11.6	0.001
Cholesterol	−0.057	NS	0.000	NS
HDL	−0.025	−0.141	0.2	NS
Triglycerides	−0.014	NS	5.8	0.016
Wall calcification	0.012	NS	0.1	NS

BMI Body mass index; DP Diastolic blood pressure; HDL High-density lipoprotein; NS Not significant; SP Systolic blood pressure. Data reproduced from reference 17