Table 5.

Size-matched Small (S) vs. Unruptured (U) vs. Ruptured (R) comparative analysis for 35 mm ≤ Dmax ≤ 51 mm. Sample sizes: 12 sAAA (S), 34 uAAA (U), 10 rAAA (R). Null hypothesis: “there is has no difference in the curvature index among the small, unruptured, and ruptured AAA subgroups”.

Parameter	p-value (Normality Test)	p-value (F-test or Kruskal-Wallis)	Null Hypothesis	Comparisons
KG	R: 0.3689 S: 0.0112 U: 0.1430	0.1441 (Kruskal-Wallis)	Accepted	S&U, Accepted S&R, Accepted R&U, Accepted
KM	R: 0.0934 S: 0.0019 U: 0.0008	0.0324 (Kruskal-Wallis)	Rejected	S&U, Accepted S&R, Accepted R&U, Rejected
GAA	R: 0.0070 S: 0.9101 U: 0.2421	0.5046 (Kruskal-Wallis)	Accepted	S&U, Accepted S&R, Accepted R&U, Accepted
MAA	R: 0.6070 S: 0.0004 U: 0.0804	0.1724 (F-test)	Accepted	S&U, Accepted S&R, Accepted R&U, Accepted
K1AA	R: 0.2615 S: 0.0002 U: 0.0156	0.1651 (Kruskal-Wallis)	Accepted	S&U, Accepted S&R, Accepted R&U, Accepted
K2AA	R: 0.2420 S: 0.0010 U: 0.0003	0.0094 (Kruskal-Wallis)	Rejected	S&U, Accepted S&R, Accepted R&U, Rejected
GLN	R: 0.1193 S: 0.0004 U: 0.0106	0.0004 (Kruskal-Wallis)	Rejected	S&U, Accepted S&R, Rejected R&U, Rejected
MLN	R: 0.0028 S: 0.0007 U: 0.0002	0.0003 (Kruskal-Wallis)	Rejected	S&U, Accepted S&R, Rejected R&U, Rejected
K1LN	R: 0.0025 S: 0.0004 U: 0.0023	0.0004 (Kruskal-Wallis)	Rejected	S&U, Accepted S&R, Accepted R&U, Rejected
K2LN	R: 0.6856 S: 0.0005 U: 0.0007	0.0002 (Kruskal-Wallis)	Rejected	S&U, Accepted S&R, Accepted R&U, Rejected
Dmax	R: 0.0939 S: 0.0993 U: 0.0028	0.7244 (Kruskal-Wallis)	Accepted	S&U, Accepted S&R, Accepted R&U, Accepted