Table 3 Diseases that were significantly associated with pulse pressure at the Bonferroni-corrected level of significance (n = 3204) and adjusted by age, sex and maximum aortic diameter.

From: Reduced order computational fluid dynamic simulations in the thoracic aorta are associated with disease recorded in a medical biobank

 

− log10(p)

Pulse Pressure (mmHg)

Aortic aneurysm

30.7

24.2 ± 7.2

Other aneurysm

24.8

25.3 ± 7.2

Nonrheumatic aortic valve disorders

13.3

26.5 ± 7.4

Heart valve replaced

11.0

27.1 ± 8.8

Heart valve disorders

10.9

27.6 ± 8.3

Cardiac congenital anomalies

10.6

29.0 ± 9.6

Cardiac and circulatory congenital anomalies

8.4

28.7 ± 9.1

Other disorders of arteries and arterioles

8.2

26.2 ± 7.0

Diabetes mellitus

6.4

27.3 ± 5.5

Rheumatic disease of the heart valves

5.1

28.1 ± 9.2

Wheezing

5.0

28.3 ± 5.6

Chronic airway obstruction

4.9

26.5 ± 5.3

Diverticulosis and diverticulitis

4.6

25.8 ± 4.6

Atrial fibrillation and flutter

4.4

26.6 ± 8.8

Disorders of refraction and accommodation

4.1

28.1 ± 5.8