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Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Nephrol. 2020 Jan 15;35(6):1023–1031. doi: 10.1007/s00467-019-04469-3

Table 3.

Echocardiographic characteristics at baseline of children with mild to moderate chronic kidney disease, by aortic dilatation status

Variable	No aortic dilatation N= 471	Aortic dilatation N= 30	p-value
Left ventricular mass index, g/m^2.7	26.33 [22.46, 31.2] (N= 458)	29.49 [22.46, 33.45] (N= 30)	0.201
Left ventricular hypertrophy	4.8% (22)	10% (3)	0.193
Relative wall thickness	0.31 [0.28, 0.35] (N= 460)	0.33 [0.26, 0.36] (N= 30)	0.861
Aortic root dimension (cm)	2.39 [2.11, 2.68] (N= 384)	2.88 [2.48, 3.58] (N= 30)	<.001
Aortic ST junction dimension (cm)	1.92 [1.69, 2.16] (N= 365)	2.41 [2.07, 2.78] (N= 29)	<.001
Ascending aorta dimension (cm)	2.07 [1.79, 2.36] (N= 271)	2.67 [2.17, 3] (N= 23)	<.001
Aortic root z-score	−0.33 [−0.96, 0.28] (N= 381)	2.15 [1.08, 2.78] (N= 30)	<.001
Aortic ST junction z-score	−0.61 [−1.34, 0.18] (N= 362)	2.28 [1.31, 3.23] (N= 29)	<.001
Ascending aorta z-score	−0.6 [−1.42, 0.09] (N= 269)	1.68 [0.96, 2.18] (N= 23)	<.001