Parameters Men (n = 35) Women (n = 35) P-value
Weight (kg), mean ± SD 86 ± 11 66 ± 10 < 0.0011
Height (cm), mean ± SD 178 ± 8 166 ± 7 < 0.0011
Body surface area2 (m2), mean ± SD 2.06 ± 0.16 1.74 ± 0.15 < 0.0011
Annular diameter (mm), mean ± SD 26.3 ± 2.1 23.2 ± 2.2 < 0.0011
Sinutubular junction diameter (mm), mean ± SD 29.4 ± 2.8 26.3 ± 2.5 < 0.0011
Mean leaflet attachment length (mm), mean ± SD 54.9 ± 4.5 47.4 ± 4.3 < 0.0011
Mean geometric height (mm), mean ± SD 17.0 ± 1.2 15.0 ± 1.3 < 0.0011
Mean commissural height (mm), mean ± SD 20.6 ± 1.9 17.9 ± 1.7 < 0.0011
Mean free margin length (mm), mean ± SD 36.3 ± 3.3 31.8 ± 3.2 < 0.0011
Mean intercommissural distance (mm), mean ± SD 25.4 ± 2.4 22.7 ± 2.2 < 0.0011
Mean leaflet belly to annular plane angle (°), mean ± SD 24.2 ± 6.5 24.2 ± 5.1 0.9791
Mean free margin to sinutubular plane angle (°), mean ± SD 37.5 ± 4.8 36.1 ± 5.1 0.2401
Normalized mean geometric height, mean ± SD* 0.65 ± 0.04 0.65 ± 0.04 0.7891
Normalized sinutubular junction diameter, mean ± SD* 1.13 ± 0.12 1.14 ± 0.09 0.6721
Normalized mean free margin length, mean ± SD* 1.38 ± 0.12 1.37 ± 0.07 0.6221
Normalized effective height, mean ± SD* 0.35 ± 0.07 0.35 ± 0.06 0.2981
Normalized valve height, mean ± SD* 0.79 ± 0.08 0.77 ± 0.05 0.8691