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

Table 4

Anthropometric and biochemical parameters correlated with aortic distensibility and pulse wave velocity in AAA patients.

Univariate analysis	Aortic distensibility ()		Pulse wave velocity (PWV)
		value		value
Age, years	−0.48	0.006	0.48	0.010
Sex	0.41	0.007	−0.41	0.007
Height, cm	0.28	0.008	−0.28	0.007
BMI, kg/m^2	−0.32	0.005	0.32	0.006
Brachial systolic BP, mmHg	−0.31	0.005	0.31	0.006
Brachial diastolic BP, mmHg	0.28	0.007	0.28	0.007
Glucose, mmol/l	−0.39	0.005	0.39	0.005
Cholesterol, mmol/l	−0.32	0.005	0.32	0.006
Triglycerides, mmol/l	−0.15	0.003	0.15	0.010
HDL, mmol/l	−0.20	0.004	0.20	0.012
LDL, mmol/l	−0.43	0.007	0.43	0.018
AAA diameter	−0.54	0.008	0.55	0.024
Multivariate analysis	β	Value	β	Value
Body mass index, kg/m^2	−0.43	0.006	0.52	0.024
Brachial systolic BP, mmHg	−0.50	0.021	0.53	0.015
AAA diameter	−0.53	0.008	0.55	0.017

Note. BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; AAA, abdominal aortic aneurysm.