. 2016 Oct 12;11(10):e0164480. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164480

Table 2. Age and sex specific percentiles of descending thoracic aortic wall characteristics in the study sample (n = 124).

			Women						Men
			Percentiles						Percentiles
Aortic wall characteristics	Age (years)	n	10^th	25^th	50^th	75^th	90^th	n	10^th	25^th	50^th	75^th	90^th
Lumen diameter (mm)^*^†^‡^§		65	15.79	16.27	17.26	17.94	18.71	59	16.57	17.88	19.22	20.20	21.11
	25–30	28	15.58	15.91	16.50	17.72	18.21	19	16.20	17.49	18.74	19.96	21.30
	30–35	37	15.93	16.72	17.61	18.40	19.63	40	16.65	17.91	19.42	20.25	21.09
Total vessel diameter (mm)^*^†^‡^§		65	18.79	19.44	20.40	21.06	22.22	59	19.87	21.01	22.17	23.22	24.13
	25–30	28	18.66	19.27	19.93	20.85	21.14	19	19.49	20.71	22.13	23.14	24.13
	30–35	37	19.31	19.92	20.52	21.68	22.89	40	19.97	21.07	22.49	23.29	24.19
Lumen area (cm²)^*^†^‡^§		65	1.97	2.08	2.34	2.55	2.75	59	2.16	2.54	2.91	3.23	3.53
	25–30	28	1.91	2.01	2.17	2.47	2.59	19	2.05	2.41	2.76	3.12	3.59
	30–35	37	2.01	2.20	2.43	2.66	3.05	40	2.23	2.55	2.95	3.25	3.52
Total vessel area (cm²)^*^†^‡^§		65	2.80	2.98	3.28	3.49	3.87	59	3.10	3.48	3.88	4.27	4.62
	25–30	28	2.75	2.87	3.14	3.43	3.51	19	3.00	3.40	3.86	4.26	4.65
	30–35	37	2.93	3.13	3.32	3.72	4.15	40	3.13	3.49	3.97	4.31	4.62
Wall area (cm²)^*^†^‡^§		65	0.78	0.84	0.95	1.00	1.14	59	0.84	0.93	1.02	1.11	1.17
	25–30	28	0.78	0.81	0.91	0.98	1.07	19	0.84	0.89	0.97	1.07	1.17
	30–35	37	0.81	0.89	0.96	1.02	1.19	40	0.84	0.93	1.02	1.13	1.17
Mean wall thickness (mm)^§		65	1.37	1.45	1.53	1.73	1.85	59	1.37	1.44	1.50	1.68	1.82
	25–30	28	1.34	1.45	1.53	1.72	1.86	19	1.38	1.42	1.47	1.71	1.79
	30–35	37	1.37	1.45	1.57	1.74	1.85	40	1.35	1.45	1.50	1.67	1.82
Maximum wall thickness (mm)^§		65	1.86	1.94	2.08	2.41	2.61	59	1.89	1.96	2.14	2.35	2.59
	25–30	28	1.86	1.94	2.05	2.34	2.60	19	1.89	2.01	2.08	2.51	2.62
	30–35	37	1.86	1.93	2.09	2.45	2.68	40	1.87	1.96	2.14	2.29	2.53
WA/TVA ratio^*^†^§		65	0.25	0.26	0.28	0.31	0.33	59	0.23	0.24	0.26	0.28	0.31
	25–30	28	0.26	0.27	0.28	0.31	0.34	19	0.23	0.24	0.26	0.28	0.32
	30–35	37	0.25	0.26	0.28	0.31	0.33	40	0.23	0.24	0.26	0.28	0.31

*mm: millimetre, cm: centimetre, WA/TVA: wall area/total vessel area ratio

^† significantly different between men and women

^‡ significantly different between 25–30 years and 30–35 years of age

^§ in 7/131 participants (5.3%), aorta imaging failed. Therefore, aortic wall characteristics were quantified in 124 participants