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Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2013 May 16;39(2):360–368. doi: 10.1002/jmri.24183

Table 4.

Ascending Aortic Luminal Diameter by Age and Gender in MESA Participants without Influential Risk Factors^* (N=1612)

	WOMEN

AGE CATEGORIES (years)	N	AVERAGE ASCENDING AORTIC LUMINAL DIAMETER (mm)
AGE CATEGORIES (years)	N	5^th percentile	Median	95^th percentile	Min	Max
45–54	416	24.6	28.8	34.4	17.8	37.7
55–64	232	25.7	30.1	36.4	23.7	40.5

65–74	157	26.1	30.6	36.3	24.2	40.0
75–84	37	26.8	31.1	37.1	26.7	37.2

	MEN

AGE CATEGORIES (years)	N	AVERAGE ASCENDING AORTIC LUMINAL DIAMETER (mm)
AGE CATEGORIES (years)	N	5^th percentile	Median	95^th percentile	Min	Max

45–54	345	27.2	31.6	37.3	25.2	44.6
55–64	229	28.1	32.8	40.7	24.4	49.8

65–74	139	28.7	34.2	41.0	27.8	43.9
75–84	57	28.6	34.7	40.8	27.7	43.5

Participants with hypertension, diabetes, lipid medication use, coronary calcium score value > 95^th percentile and total cholesterol value > 95^th percentile were excluded.

BSA: Body Surface Area