Table 3.

Relationships between Measures of Aortic Geometry and Left Ventricular Mass and Geometry Adjusted for Age, Gender, Height, Weight and Central Systolic Blood Pressure.

	LV mass (/10g)			LV M/V (/0.1)
	β	Individual (p)	Overall R2 (p)	β	Individual (p)	Overall R2 (p)
Model A			0.55 (<0.001)			0.25 (<0.001)
Age, years	−5±2	0.01			0.21
Male Gender		<0.001			0.002
Height, cm	2.0±3.8	0.61			0.32
Weight, kg	7.2±1.7	<0.001			0.25
Central SBP, mmHg	8.0±1.7	<0.001			0.11
Model B			0.64 (<0.001)			0.28 (<0.001)
Hypertension		0.001			0.74
Hypercholesterolemia		0.12			0.93
Current smoking		0.03			0.06
Model C
Ascending Aorta Diameter, mm	25±7.3	0.001	0.69 (<0.001)	0.14±0.04	0.002	0.36 (<0.001)
Descending Aorta Diameter, mm	34±12	0.006	0.68 (<0.001)	0.23±0.07	0.002	0.36 (<0.001)
Aortic Arch Length, mm	6.1±2.0	0.002	0.68 (<0.001)	0.029±0.01	0.01	0.33 (<0.001)
Aortic Arch Width, mm	10.8±4.0	0.008	0.67 (<0.001)	0.06±0.02	0.02	0.33 (<0.001)
Aortic Arch Height, mm	8.9±4.3	0.04	0.66 (<0.001)	0.04±0.02	0.08	0.30 (<0.001)
Arch Curvature, ×100	−21±6.5	0.002	0.68 (<0.001)	−11.6±5.3	0.03	0.32 (<0.001)

Regression coefficient β is given for continuous variables for a change in LV Mass of 10 grams and change in M/V of 0.1 in respectively: 1) Model A: a base model including: age, gender, height, weight and central systolic blood pressure 2) Model B: a model including the variables of Model A and with the addition of conventional risk factors: hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and active smoking 3) Model C: individual models corresponding to Model B with the separate addition of each aortic measure. Overall model significance: R², significance level: p<0.05.