Table 9.

Comparison of subjects with and without statin therapy in Thoracic Aortic area

	Baseline ± 1SD			Δ/year absolute ± 1SD			Δ/year in % ± 1SD
	Statin(-)	Statin(+)	p-value	Statin(-)	Statin(+)	p-value	Statin(-)	Statin(+)	p-value
Means (data based on all matched locations)
Lumen (mm2)	372.93 ± 84.22	342.91 ± 85.25	0.03	2.81 ± 49.89	-4.78 ± 35.71	ns(0.31)	1.58 ± 12.18	-1.66 ± 11.60	ns(0.11)
Wall (mm2)	117.95 ± 29.61	122.55 ± 49.22	ns	10.21 ± 22.42	9.48 ± 17.93	ns	11.14 ± 18.88	10.07 ± 16.96	ns
Total vessel (mm2)	490.89 ± 107.49	465.47 ± 130.27	ns	13.03 ± 60.62	4.70 ± 38.81	ns(0.34)	3.63 ± 11.57	0.86 ± 9.24	ns(0.12)
Normalized wall index	0.24 ± 0.03	0.26 ± 0.04	0.01	0.02 ± 0.03	0.02 ± 0.04	ns	7.13 ± 14.39	9.52 ± 15.79	ns