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

Table 5. Age and sex specific percentiles of thoracic aortic PWV in the study sample (n = 118).

			Women						Men
			Percentiles						Percentiles
Aortic PWV	Age (years)	n	10^th	25^th	50^th	75^th	90^th	n	10^th	25^th	50^th	75^th	90^th
Prox. thoracic aorta (m/s)^*^†		61	3.61	3.99	4.53	5.11	5.97	57	3.93	4.12	4.63	5.07	5.55
	25–30	28	3.64	3.87	4.57	5.55	6.92	18	3.95	4.19	4.69	5.04	6.10
	30–35	33	3.13	4.00	4.53	5.09	5.50	39	3.79	4.08	4.53	5.11	5.54
Desc. thoracic aorta (m/s)^*^†		61	3.00	3.47	4.18	5.11	6.47	57	3.27	3.80	4.24	5.13	6.45
	25–30	28	2.99	3.44	4.16	5.03	5.65	18	2.31	3.52	3.97	5.14	5.79
	30–35	33	2.91	3.68	4.25	5.44	6.88	39	3.38	3.87	4.38	5.12	6.76
Total thoracic aorta (m/s)^*^†		61	3.62	4.11	4.45	4.79	5.42	57	3.86	4.05	4.44	4.89	5.23
	25–30	28	3.66	3.94	4.49	4.78	5.42	18	3.60	3.96	4.25	4.62	6.29
	30–35	33	3.56	4.17	4.44	4.82	5.75	39	3.86	4.10	4.49	4.96	5.19

*PWV: pulse wave velocity, m: metre, s: second

^† in 7/131 participants (5.3%), aorta imaging failed and in 6/124 participants (4.8%), image quality was deemed insufficient for PWV measurement. Therefore, quantification of PWV was performed in 118 participants.