Table 3 Aortic parameters in the 80 participants at baseline and follow-up.

Parameter	Segment	Females			Males
Parameter	Segment	Baseline, N = 42^a	Follow-up, N = 42^a	p-value^b	Baseline, N = 38^a	Follow-up, N = 38^a	p-value^b
Diameter (mm)	Aao	32.3 (3.9)	31.6 (3.6)	0.032	34.4 (4.8)	34.3 (4.1)	0.669
	AA	27.6 (3.5)	27.7 (3.2)	0.653	30.1 (4.3)	29.7 (3.2)	0.072
	Dao	25.1 (3.4)	25.0 (3.2)	0.704	27.3 (4.5)	27.4 (3.6)	0.819
Plaques (mm)	Aao	0.84 (1.31)	0.79 (1.21)	0.624	0.93 (1.41)	0.91 (1.41)	0.760
	AA	1.46 (1.87)	1.57 (1.84)	0.043	1.66 (2.13)	1.75 (1.99)	0.349
	Dao	2.10 (1.56)	2.28 (1.60)	0.011	2.01 (1.70)	2.22 (1.86)	0.181
PWV (m/s)	Global	6.41 (1.50)	6.98 (1.72)	0.002	6.81 (1.46)	7.32 (1.84)	0.013
	AAo + AA	8.12 (3.54)	6.61 (3.15)	< 0.001	8.00 (3.58)	6.82 (2.625)	0.100
	Dao	5.99 (2.15)	7.20 (3.43)	0.005	5.75 (1.28)	6.99 (2.74)	< 0.001
Helicity	Aao	0.33 (0.02)	0.31 (0.03)	< 0.001	0.34 (0.02)	0.32 (0.02)	< 0.001
	AA	0.30 (0.03)	0.27 (0.03)	< 0.001	0.32 (0.03)	0.28 (0.04)	< 0.001
	Dao	0.28 (0.03)	0.29 (0.03)	0.010	0.30 (0.03)	0.30 (0.03)	0.009

N number of subjects, AAo ascending aorta, AA aortic arch, DAo descending aorta, PWV pulse wave velocity.
^aMean (± standard deviation).
^bWilcoxon signed rank test.

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