Figure 1.

Sex-specific associations of measures of aortic stiffness and hemodynamic load with LVMI. In unadjusted analyses, measures of aortic stiffness and early, pulsatile arterial load (Z _c, cfPWV, and PAC) were associated with higher LVMI in women but not in men. Abbreviations: AIx, augmentation index; BSA, body surface area; cfPWV, carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity; LVMI, left ventricular mass index; PAC, proximal aortic compliance; RWT, relative wall thickness; SVR, systemic vascular resistance; Z _c, characteristic impedance of the aorta.