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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 5.

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

	WOMEN

AGE CATEGORIES (years)	N	AVERAGE BSA INDEXED AA LUMINAL DIAMETER (mm/m²)
AGE CATEGORIES (years)	N	5^th percentile	Median	95^th percentile	Min	Max
1: 45–54	416	13.5	16.7	20.7	11.2	23.4
2: 55–64	232	14.8	17.6	22.1	12.8	25.8
3: 65–74	157	14.5	18.1	22.1	13.0	26.7
4: 75–84	37	15.3	19.7	28.2	15.3	28.8

	MEN

AGE CATEGORIES (years)	N	AVERAGE BSA INDEXED AA LUMINAL DIAMETER (mm/m²)
AGE CATEGORIES (years)	N	5^th percentile	Median	95^th percentile	Min	Max

1: 45–54	345	13.3	15.9	19.5	11.6	22.3
2: 55–64	229	13.6	16.8	21.1	12.6	24.3
3: 65–74	139	14.2	17.8	21.8	12.8	25.1
4: 75–84	57	15.2	18.6	22.6	14.7	23.6

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