Table 1.

Morphometric parameters and residual stretches for all subjects considered together, and divided into non-DM and DM groups. Note that the total number of subjects in each group not necessarily equals to the sum of DM and non-DM subjects because DM status for several subjects was unknown. Here n is the number of specimens in the age group, d is the inner diameter, h is wall thickness (both in the load-free configuration), α is circumferential opening angle, β is longitudinal opening angle, λ_z is in situ longitudinal pre-stretch. Note that longitudinal strip curves intima upward, likely due to presence of pre-stretched longitudinally-oriented elastic fibers in the EEL[9]. Measurements of the opening angles are presented schematically in the right panel.

Age group, years	n	Mean age, years	d, mm	h, mm	α, °	β, °	λz
All subjects together
11–20	34	16.5	2.81±0.60	1.37±0.32	125±47	90±86	1.55±0.13
21–30	31	24.8	3.28±0.76	1.42±0.36	149±69	107±67	1.41±0.13
31–40	56	35.7	3.64±0.86	1.45±0.39	151±55	151±60	1.38±0.08
41–50	73	46.8	3.76±1.22	1.58±0.50	165±63	183±63	1.26±0.08
51–60	174	56.1	3.74±1.33	1.65±0.57	165±65	242±45	1.19±0.11
61–70	162	65.0	4.15±1.28	1.91±0.51	193±78	268±46	1.16±0.07
71–80	43	75.7	4.65±1.28	1.88±0.47	155±64	304±30	1.12±0.06
Subjects with DM
11–20	1
21–30	0
31–40	3	40.0	4.14±0.38	1.49±0.14	181±24	195±74	1.30±0.08
41–50	13	46.1	4.03±1.01	1.66±0.70	124±61	171±86	1.26±0.10
51–60	51	56.7	3.96±1.32	1.66±0.56	156±68	246±50	1.15±0.12
61–70	53	64.7	3.96±1.35	1.96±0.58	167±84	270±60	1.15±0.07
71–80	18	76.7	4.81±1.30	1.84±0.42	148±74	305±30	1.08±0.03
Subjects without DM
11–20	32	16.4	2.80±0.61	1.39±0.32	125±45	90±88	1.55±0.14
21–30	30	24.7	3.30±0.75	1.40±0.34	145±65	108±68	1.41±0.13
31–40	52	35.3	3.57±0.84	1.45±0.40	149±56	147±59	1.38±0.08
41–50	58	46.9	3.67±1.28	1.55±0.45	173±57	184±57	1.26±0.08
51–60	117	55.7	3.62±1.35	1.62±0.58	167±60	239±42	1.21±0.10
61–70	90	65.1	4.16±1.14	1.88±0.50	200±71	262±36	1.18±0.07
71–80	21	75.3	4.43±1.15	1.84±0.51	152±47	301±32	1.12±0.06