. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 4.

Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Nov 3;158(2):355–363. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.10.116

Table 1:

Baseline Characteristics

	Dissected Cohort (n=7)	Non-Dissected Controls (n=7)	p value dissected vs controls
Age (years)	62.25 ± 3.46	61.71 ± 3.52	ns
Sex (% males)	71	71	ns
Height (cm)	175.73 ± 2.98	172.43 ± 3.33	ns
Weight (kg)	88.61 ± 6.78	88.78 ± 9.17	ns
Body Mass Index (kg/m²)	28.69 ± 2.10	30.98 ± 2.72	ns
Body Surface Area (m²)	2.04 ± 0.08	2.05 ± 0.10	ns
Maximum Orthogonal Diameter (mm)	47.78 ± 2.75	32.14 ± 1.64	< 0.01
Blood Pressure (mmHg)
SBP	128.77 ± 7.01	126.88 ± 6.35	ns
DBP	72.78 ± 5.32	71.71 ± 4.54	ns
PP	56.00 ± 5.50	53.75 ± 5.14	ns
AoS (cm)	4.39 ± 0.23	3.61 ± 0.22	< 0.05
AoD (cm)	4.06 ± 0.22	3.15 ± 0.18	< 0.05
AoS-AoD (cm)	0.33 ± 0.03	0.46 ± 0.06	< 0.05
Cardiac Cycle Aortic Wall Strain (%)	8.49 ± 1.08	14.50 ± 1.13	< 0.01
Distensibility (10⁻⁶cm²dyne⁻¹)	2.39 ± 0.33	4.26 ± 0.44	< 0.01
Stiffness Index	7.48 ± 1.05	3.84 ± 0.24	< 0.001

Data are expressed as means ± SEM, unless otherwise specified. NS, not statistically significant. p values calculated by Mann-Whitney U test.