Potential influencing factors of aortic diameter at specific segments in population with cardiovascular risk

Table 5 Correlation between the aortic diameters of ascending aorta, descending aorta, abdominal aorta and risk factors by univariate regression analysis

Variables	Ascending aorta		Descending aorta		Abdominal aorta
Variables	Coefficient ρ	P values	Coefficient ρ	P values	Coefficient ρ	P values
Sex	0.664	0.055	1.135	0.000	1.100	0.000
Age, year	0.043	0.005	0.019	0.056	− 6.926E − 005	0.993
BSA	2.828	0.010	4.044	0.000	2.454	0.000
Smoking	0.230	0.499	0.755	0.000	0.675	0.000
Alcohol	0.393	0.335	0.607	0.019	0.727	0.000
SBP	0.022	0.001	0.009	0.045	0.003	0.383
DBP	0.051	0.000	0.025	0.001	0.012	0.054
Hypertension	1.204	0.001	0.631	0.005	0.271	0.126
DM	− 0.072	0.853	− 0.334	0.180	− 0.262	0.184
CAD	− 0.206	0.539	− 0.102	0.633	− 0.212	0.212
Hyperlipidaemia	0.561	0.427	− 0.128	0.777	0.241	0.501
Triglyceride, mmol/L	− 0.156	0.237	− 0.010	0.777	− 0.035	0.600
TC, mmol/L	− 0.024	0.872	− 0.051	0.593	− 0.051	0.500
HDL-C, mmol/L	1.090	0.090	− 0.484	0.239	0.516	0.113
LDL-C, mmol/L	0.042	0.828	− 0.017	0.892	− 0.052	0.591
Lipoprotein (a)	0.000	0.547	− 0.001	0.249	0.000	0.371
Carotid atherosclerosis	–	–	–	–	0.311	0.072
CIMT	–	–	0.252	0.018	0.190	0.024
CRP	–	–	− 0.010	0.015	–	–
WBC	–	–	− 0.086	0.050	–	–
Hemoglobin	0.024	0.029	0.027	0.000	0.022	0.000
Statin agent	− 0.832	0.029	− 0.269	0.271	− 0.119	0.537
Hypoglycemic agent	− 0.791	0.101	− 0.935	0.002	− 0.674	0.006
Anti-hypertension agent	0.982	0.003	0.515	0.015	0.232	0.167

Statistical differences: P < 0.05; only baseline variables and other interested variables that showed a univariate relationship with aortic diameter with P < 0.1 were displayed in the table
BSA body surface area, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, CAD coronary artery disease, DM diabetes mellitus, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CIMT carotid intima-media thickness, TC total cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, CRP C-reaction protein, WBC white blood cell
– Not applicable

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