Table 2.
Variable | Men | Women | P |
---|---|---|---|
Aortic annulus displacement, mm | 6.9 (5.4, 8.1) | 7.8 (6.3, 9.0) | <0.001 |
Volume, mL | |||
End-diastolic* | 110 (95, 126) | 90 (79, 103) | <0.001 |
End-systolic* | 42 (33, 53) | 30 (24, 38) | <0.001 |
Early filling | 38 (30, 47) | 34 (28, 43) | 0.002 |
Late filling* | 28 (23, 33) | 23 (19, 29) | <0.001 |
Ejection fraction, %‡ | 62 (57, 66) | 66 (61, 71) | <0.001 |
Early filling fraction, % | 58 (49, 66) | 61 (53, 67) | 0.5 |
Left ventricular mass, g* | 161 (146, 177) | 117 (106, 133) | <0.001 |
Eh, kdynes/cm* | 3,194 (2,544; 4,252) | 3,058 (2,471; 4,085) | 0.5 |
Aortic force, kdynes† | 2,123 (1,508; 2,777) | 2,495 (1,860; 3,184) | <0.001 |
Aortic work, mJ† | 79 (47, 116) | 106 (75, 154) | <0.001 |
Values are presented as median (25th, 75th percentiles) due to skewed distributions for several variables. Values were compared by using an independent-samples t-test on normally-distributed, transformed values with sex as the grouping variable.
log transform;
square root transform;
square transform. Eh, Young’s modulus x aorta wall thickness product.