Quantitative Aortic Distensibility Measurement Using CT in Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Reproducibility and Clinical Relevance

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of study population.

Characteristic	Total	Male	Female	value
Age, years				<0.05
BMI, kg/m^2				<0.05
Heart rate, bpm				NS
Smoking (current) (%)	52% (28/54)	63% (25/40)	21% (3/14)	<0.0
COPD (current) (%)	30% (16/54)	23% (9/40)	50% (7/14)	<0.0
Blood pressure at rest
Brachial systolic BP, mmHg				NS
Brachial diastolic BP, mmHg				NS
Biochemistry
Glucose, mmol/L				NS
Cholesterol, mmol/L				<0.05
Triglycerides, mmol/L				NS
HDL, mmol/L				<0.05
LDL, mmol/L				NS

Note. Values are percentages or mean ± standard deviation (range).
BMI, body mass index; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases; BP, blood pressure; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; NS, not significant; SD, standard deviation.
Independent t-test unless stated otherwise. -tailed Fisher exact test.