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Table 1 Non-parametric Wilcoxon-Mann–Whitney associations between the absolute and percentage systolic diameter changes before the proximal shoulder of the atherosclerotic plaque and patient characteristics

From: Wall motion in the stenotic carotid artery: association with greyscale plaque characteristics, the degree of stenosis and cerebrovascular symptoms

Patient characteristic

Significance (p-value)

Absolute diameter change

Percentage diameter change

Age

0.44

0.33

Sex

0.96

0.68

Hypertension

0.45

0.34

Hypercholesterolaemia

0.54

0.41

Ischaemic heart disease

0.94

0.90

Diabetes mellitus

0.31

0.28

Previous TIA/stroke

0.16

0.32

Smoking

0.34

0.49

Alcohol

0.29

0.47

Family history of stroke

0.35

0.41

  1. Age was dichotomized using the median of the dataset as a cut-off value.