Table 2.

Select values of Pearson’s correlation (ρ) between age, mean circumferential strain at local systole, maximum circumferential strain, maximum normalized circumferential strain (NCS), and heterogeneity index at each aortic location and for the combined data set. [*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001]

Aortic	Age vs.	Age vs.	Age vs.	Age vs.	Mean Strain vs.	Mean Strain vs.	Mean Strain vs.
Location	Mean Strain	Max Strain	Max NCS	Het. Index	Max Strain	Max NCS	Het. Index
IAA	−0.71	−0.75	−0.22	−0.09	0.98	−0.06	−0.34
DTA	−0.71	−0.71	0.04	0.13	0.95	−0.16	− 0.31
DAA	−0.75	− 0.63	0.61	0.28	0.92	−0.77	−0.55
Combined	−0.69***	− 0.67***	0.30	0.15	0.90***	−0.46**	− 0.50**