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Height has been shown to have a linear relationship with measures of aortic size in pediatrics. Data from the Pediatric Heart Network (PHN) Echo Z-Score database was used to develop z-scores for cross sectional area to height ratio (CSA\/ht) on 3215 healthy pediatric patients\u2009\n                    <jats:italic>\u2264<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u200918 years old. Aortic root and ascending aorta CSA\/ht (cm\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    \/m) were calculated. Linear regression was performed to assess the relationship between patient sex, age at echocardiogram, and CSA\/ht of the aortic root. An interaction term was included to allow the effect of age to vary by sex. Estimates from the final regression model were utilized in the z-score calculator. An identical analysis was repeated for ascending aorta CSA\/ht.\u00a0Older children had larger aortic root CSA\/ht (\u03b2\u2009=\u20090.10,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and ascending aorta CSA\/ht (\u03b2\u2009=\u20090.08,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Male children had larger aortic root CSA\/ht (\u03b2\u2009=\u20090.13,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and ascending aorta CSA\/ht (\u03b2\u2009=\u20090.08,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u20090.001). There was a significant interaction of sex and age in the aortic root model (\u03b2\u2009=\u20090.015,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u20090.001), but not in the ascending aorta model (\u03b2\u2009=\u20090.003,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.16).\u00a0We created two z-score calculators for CSA\/ht of the aortic root and the ascending aorta in normal children, ideally allowing for more accurate assessment of aortic size in children.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00246-026-04525-4","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,23]],"date-time":"2026-10-23T13:32:50Z","timestamp":1792762370000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Z-Score Calculators for Cross Sectional Area to Height Ratio of the Aortic Root and Ascending Aorta in Healthy Children"],"prefix":"10.1007","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8203-7821","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anila A.","family":"Chaudhary","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alexis Z.","family":"Tomlinson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Stacey","family":"Drant","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrea L.","family":"Jones","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,23]]},"reference":[{"issue":"10","key":"4525_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"711","DOI":"10.1016\/S0002-9149(99)80659-6","volume":"75","author":"ML Sheil","year":"1995","unstructured":"Sheil ML, Jenkins O, Sholler GF (1995) Echocardiographic assessment of aortic root dimensions in normal children based on measurement of a new ratio of aortic size independent of growth. 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