Research Article

Association of Aortic Diameters with Coronary Artery Disease Severity and Albumin Excretion

Table 3

Comparison of the groups according to presence of albuminuria.

Proteinuria negative ()Proteinuria positive () value
Median(min–max)IQRMedian(min–max)IQR

*Systolic blood pressure117103–1362012695–184160,11
*Diastolic blood pressure7764–94107457–98100,13
*Pulse pressure 4126–5195232–78130,01
*Mean aortic pressure10073–12013,510070–133170,24
Aortic distensibility2,931,56–14,403,702,440,32–11,201,980,14
Aortic systolic diameter (mm)30,6126,55–38,315,6033,1125,81–48,166,300,01
Aortic diastolic diameter (mm)29,1826,10–37,715,8432,7825,46–47,066,620,008

*mmHg; IQR: interquartile range.