PURPOSE: To assess the difference between thoracic and abdominal aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) in apparently healthy subjects including young adults to elderly subjects. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We performed PWV and distensibility measurements and analysis of thoracic and abdominal aortic segments in 96 apparently normal subjects aged 20-80 years with magnetic resonance (MR). Both unadjusted correlation and General Linear Model (GLM) analysis of log-transformed PWV (thoracic and abdominal aorta) and distensibility (four aortic cross-sections) were performed. RESULTS: Both thoracic and abdominal PWV values and distensibility values increased with age. In unadjusted analyses the correlation between the ln(thoracic PWV) and age (r = 0.71; P < 0.001) was stronger than between ln(abdominal PWV) and age (r = 0.50; P < 0.001). In GLM analysis, the only determinant of thoracic and abdominal PWV was age (F = 42.5 and F = 14.8, respectively; both P < 0.001). Similarly, correlation between ln(distensibility) and age was strong (r = -0.79, r = -0.67, r = -0.71, and r = -0.65 for ascending, descending, diaphragmatic, and low abdominal aorta, respectively; all P < 0.001). In GLM analysis, age was the major determinant for distensibility of the ascending aorta (F = 81.7; P < 0.001), descending aorta (F = 42.2; P < 0.001), diaphragmatic aorta (F = 39.2; P < 0.001), and low abdominal aorta (F = 32.8; P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: The thoracic aorta is less stiff than the abdominal aorta in young and middle-aged subjects, and stiffens more rapidly with age than the abdominal aorta, resulting in a stiffer thoracic than abdominal aorta at older age.
PURPOSE: To assess the difference between thoracic and abdominal aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) in apparently healthy subjects including young adults to elderly subjects. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We performed PWV and distensibility measurements and analysis of thoracic and abdominal aortic segments in 96 apparently normal subjects aged 20-80 years with magnetic resonance (MR). Both unadjusted correlation and General Linear Model (GLM) analysis of log-transformed PWV (thoracic and abdominal aorta) and distensibility (four aortic cross-sections) were performed. RESULTS: Both thoracic and abdominal PWV values and distensibility values increased with age. In unadjusted analyses the correlation between the ln(thoracic PWV) and age (r = 0.71; P < 0.001) was stronger than between ln(abdominal PWV) and age (r = 0.50; P < 0.001). In GLM analysis, the only determinant of thoracic and abdominal PWV was age (F = 42.5 and F = 14.8, respectively; both P < 0.001). Similarly, correlation between ln(distensibility) and age was strong (r = -0.79, r = -0.67, r = -0.71, and r = -0.65 for ascending, descending, diaphragmatic, and low abdominal aorta, respectively; all P < 0.001). In GLM analysis, age was the major determinant for distensibility of the ascending aorta (F = 81.7; P < 0.001), descending aorta (F = 42.2; P < 0.001), diaphragmatic aorta (F = 39.2; P < 0.001), and low abdominal aorta (F = 32.8; P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: The thoracic aorta is less stiff than the abdominal aorta in young and middle-aged subjects, and stiffens more rapidly with age than the abdominal aorta, resulting in a stiffer thoracic than abdominal aorta at older age.
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