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Table 5 Relationship between change in ultrasound measurements and change in 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

Change in risk factors

∆IMT (mm)

∆TPA (cm2)

∆TPV (mm3)

∆VWV (mm3)

r

p

r

p

r

p

r

p

 

Group A

 

n = 16

n = 18

n = 13

n = 12

∆ BMI (kg/m2)

0.48

0.45

0.27

1.00

0.21

0.99

0.16

1.00

∆ TC (mmol/L)

-0.10

0.71

0.00

1.00

0.33

1.00

0.19

1.00

∆ HDL (mmol/L)

-0.23

1.00

0.13

1.00

0.46

0.81

0.07

1.00

∆ LDL (mmol/L

-0.18

1.00

0.14

1.00

0.21

1.00

0.17

1.00

∆ TG (mmol/L)

0.21

1.00

-0.03

1.00

0.06

0.85

0.28

1.00

∆ SBP (mmHg)

-0.19

1.00

-0.11

1.00

0.28

1.00

-0.04

0.91

∆ DBP (mmHg)

-0.39

0.83

0.06

1.00

-0.44

0.71

-0.12

1.00

 

Group B

 

n = 19

n = 17

n = 18

n = 16

∆ BMI (kg/m2)

-0.19

1.00

-0.26

1.00

0.02

1.00

-0.17

1.00

∆ TC (mmol/L)

0.23

1.00

-0.11

1.00

-0.21

1.00

-0.30

0.76

∆ HDL (mmol/L)

0.15

1.00

-0.08

1.00

0.02

0.95

-0.31

0.95

∆ LDL (mmol/L

0.25

1.00

-0.23

1.00

-0.30

1.00

-0.35

0.92

∆ TG (mmol/L)

0.14

1.00

0.30

1.00

-0.05

1.00

0.11

0.69

∆ SBP (mmHg)

0.02

0.93

-0.46

0.44

0.05

1.00

0.40

0.74

∆ DBP (mmHg)

0.55

0.11

0.06

0.82

-0.46

0.38

-0.44

0.60

  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.