. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2012 Sep;164(3):419–424. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.06.021

Table I.

Aortic Diameters and NT-proBNP in TS and Healthy Female Volunteers

	TS (n = 114)	NV (n = 27)	P
Age, y	37.4 ± 12.3	46.4 ± 11.4	<0.001
Height, cm	147.6 ±7.3	162.6 ± 6.0	<0.001
BSA, m²	1.56 ± 0.21	1.73 ± 0.17	<0.001
Systolic BP, mm Hg	120.6 ± 12.0	121.1 ± 14.6	0.849^*
AAD, mm	27.4 ± 5.1	25.9 ± 4.1	0.129^*
AAD/BSA mm/m²	17.9 ± 3.9	15.1 ± 2.4	<0.001^*
DAD, mm	18.1 ± 2.9	18.5 ± 2.6	0.533^*
DAD/BSA mm/m²	11.8 ± 2.3	10.8 ± 1.4	0.009^*
NT-proBNP, pg/mL	88.3 ± 62.7	53.5 ± 35.0	0.0003^*

Values are means ± SD. Mean values compared by ANOVA or *ANCOVA with age as a covariate. NV, normal volunteer; AAD & DAD, ascending and descending aortic diameters.