Fig. 5.
Sample size estimates based on pre-specified differences in aortic wall characteristics between groups. Overview of required sample sizes to detect a mean difference between groups of 15, 12, 10, 7 and 5 % in mean aortic lumen area (a), mean total aortic vessel area (b), mean aortic wall area (c), mean aortic wall thickness (d), maximum aortic wall thickness (e) and mean aortic WA/TVA ratio (f)