Table 1.

Patient demographic data. Gender, age, and ascending aortic diameter of patients with normal aortic valves and aortas, or ATAA-associated with a BAV. Values are expressed as mean ± SEM

	Male	Female	Age (yrs)	Asc Aorta Diameter (cm)
Normal	13	2	48.3±4.5	3.2±0.2
BAV	39	7	57.5±1.8 *	4.8±0.1 *
L-N	4	2	65.2±4.2 *	4.9±0.4 *
R-L	27	4	55.0±2.2	4.8±0.1 *
R-N	8	1	60.9±4.2 *	5.0±0.2 *

^*p<0.05 versus patients with normal aorta