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Table 4 Relationships for baseline US measurements and risk factors

From: One, two and three-dimensional ultrasound measurements of carotid atherosclerosis before and after cardiac rehabilitation: preliminary results of a randomized controlled trial

Risk factors

 

IMT (mm)

 

TPA (cm2)

 

TPV (mm3)

 

VWV (mm3)

 

n

r

p

n

r

p

n

r

p

n

r

p

 

Group A

∆ IMT (mm)

17

-0.44

0.88

17

0.23

1.00

13

0.17

1.00

12

-0.30

1.00

∆ TPA (cm2)

17

0.24

1.00

19

-0.10

1.00

14

0.06

0.85

13

0.24

1.00

∆ TPV (mm3)

13

0.08

0.79

14

0.22

1.00

14

0.07

1.00

13

-0.64

0.15

∆ VWV (mm3)

12

0.34

1.00

13

0.25

1.00

13

-0.10

1.00

13

-0.04

0.91

∆ BMI (kg/m2)

16

-0.15

1.00

18

0.35

1.00

13

0.27

1.00

12

-0.21

1.00

∆ TC (mmol/L)

16

0.25

1.00

18

0.31

1.00

13

0.09

1.00

12

-0.45

1.00

∆ HDL (mmol/L)

16

0.20

1.00

18

0.39

1.00

13

0.26

1.00

12

-0.34

1.00

∆ LDL (mmol/L

16

0.11

1.00

18

0.06

0.82

13

-0.15

1.00

12

-0.29

1.00

∆ TG (mmol/L)

16

0.30

1.00

18

0.46

0.58

13

0.40

1.00

12

-0.21

1.00

∆ SBP (mmHg)

16

-0.10

1.00

18

-0.10

1.00

13

-0.14

1.00

12

-0.12

1.00

∆ DBP (mmHg)

16

0.13

1.00

18

-0.06

1.00

13

-0.32

1.00

12

0.63

0.30

 

Group B

∆ IMT (mm)

19

-0.21

1.00

16

0.06

1.00

18

0.18

1.00

16

0.26

1.00

∆ TPA (cm2)

16

-0.01

0.98

17

0.13

1.00

15

0.20

1.00

13

-0.18

1.00

∆ TPV (mm3)

18

0.01

1.00

15

0.04

0.88

18

-0.01

0.96

16

-0.31

1.00

∆ VWV (mm3)

16

0.35

1.00

13

0.22

1.00

16

0.14

1.00

16

-0.22

1.00

∆ BMI (kg/m2)

19

-0.33

1.00

17

-0.54

0.30

18

-0.52

0.29

16

-0.06

1.00

∆ TC (mmol/L)

19

-0.18

1.00

17

0.15

1.00

18

0.28

1.00

16

-0.01

0.99

∆ HDL (mmol/L)

19

0.20

1.00

17

0.06

1.00

18

-0.08

1.00

16

0.03

1.00

∆ LDL (mmol/L

19

-0.30

1.00

17

0.06

1.00

18

0.24

1.00

16

-0.01

1.00

∆ TG (mmol/L)

19

-0.24

1.00

17

0.16

1.00

18

0.34

1.00

16

-0.01

1.00

∆ SBP (mmHg)

19

0.05

1.00

17

0.14

1.00

18

0.14

1.00

16

-0.07

1.00

∆ DBP (mmHg)

19

-0.33

1.00

17

-0.10

1.00

18

0.02

1.00

16

0.27

1.00

  1. BMI = body mass index; TC = total cholesterol; HDL = high density lipoprotein; LDL = low density lipoprotein; TG = triglycerides; SBP = systolic blood pressure; DBP = diastolic blood pressure; IMT = intima-media thickness; TPA = total plaque area; TPV = total plaque volume; VWV = vessel wall volume; ∆, Delta = FU-BL.