Table 3.

Aortic Pressure-Strain Elastic Modulus (Pascal Units) in Patients and Controls

Location	Patients (n=50)	Controls (n=22)	P-value
Proximal	7.81 ± 4.08	5.46 ± 2.46	0.004
Mid aorta	7.82 ± 4.24	6.06 ± 2.99	0.05
Distal aorta	9.13 ± 5.56	6.74 ± 3.31	0.03
Overall	8.25 ± 4.13	6.1 ± 2.5	0.01
	*Normotensive TEE (N = 41)	*Normotensive TEE (N = 20)
Overall	7.4 ± 3.2	5.8 ± 2.2	0.03
	*Ambulatory normotensive (N = 37)	*Ambulatory Normotensive (N = 22)
	7.9 ± 4.4	6.1 ± 2.5	0.04
	No aortic plaques (N = 36)	No aortic plaques (N = 22)
Overall	7.8 ± 4	6.1 ± 2.5	0.046
	Non-smokers (N = 23)	Non-smokers (N = 17)
Overall	8.98 ± 4.5	6.0 ± 2.2	0.01

^*Normotensive defined as systolic blood pressure ≤135 and diastolic blood pressure ≤85 mmHg.