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Table 2 Participant characteristics of total and according to presence cardiovascular diseases

From: Feasibility and relevance of compound strain imaging in non-stenotic arteries: comparison between individuals with cardiovascular diseases and healthy controls

 

Total group n = 72

Controls n = 36

CVD patients n = 36

p value

Characteristics

 Age (years)

60 ± 7

59 ± 7

61 ± 6

0.41

 Body height (cm)

178 ± 7

180 ± 7

176 ± 6

0.011

 Body mass (kg)

81 ± 11

81 ± 11

81 ± 12

0.98

 Body Mass Index (kg/m2)a

25.3 [23.6 to 27.0]

24.9 [23.3 to 26.9]

25.6 [24.2 to 27.9]

0.20

 Mean arterial pressure (mmHg)a

97 [91 to 105]

100 [93 to 106]

94 [90 to 100]

0.035

 Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)a

79 [75 to 88]

83 [77 to 91]

77 [73 to 82]

0.011

 Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

131 [123 to 142]

136 [124 to 142]

128 [120 to 139]

0.19

Cardiovascular medication use

 Anticoagulant (n)

 

-

35 (97%)

 

 Antihypertensive agents (n)

 

-

29 (81%)

 

 Lipid lowering agents (n)

 

-

32 (89%)

 

Vascular measurements

 Radial strain (%)a

4.2 [3.2 to 6.5]

4.2 [3.2 to 6.4]

4.8 [3.6 to 6.5]

0.50

 Circumferential strain (%)a

−10.0 [−13.6 to −6.5]

−10.2 [−14.9 to −7.0]

−8.8 [−13.2 to −6.2]

0.29

 Distensibilitya

0.27 [0.19 to 0.37]

0.27 [0.20 to 0.35]

0.29 [0.18 to 0.40]

0.77

 Central pulse wave velocitya

8.0 [6.8 to 10.1]

7.8 [6.5 to 10.0]

8.0 [7.2 to 10.2]

0.22

 Intima to media thickness (mm)a

0.72 [0.61 to 0.78]

0.68 [0.58 to 0.76]

0.76 [0.68 to 0.80]

0.023

  1. P-value refers to an independent Student’s t or Mann-Whitney U test (two-sided) between controls and CVD patients. Data is presented as mean and standard deviation (normal distribution) or median and interquartile range (non-normal distribution)
  2. a Mann-Whitney U test