. 2023 Aug 31;21(3):516–525. doi: 10.9758/cpn.22.1009

Table 2.

Comparison of BMI, blood pressure, and arterial pressure of the patient and control groups

Clinical parameters	Patient	Control	p value
BMI (kg/m²)	24.7 ± 2.6	23.1 ± 2.6	0.008^a,*
SBP (mmHg)	123.6 ± 6.9	109.8 ± 12.1	<0.001^b,*
DBP (mmHg)	74.1 ± 6.3	70.4 ± 6.1	0.007^{^b,*}
Carotid IMT (mm)	0.54 ± 0.13	0.50 ± 0.08	0.105^{^a}
Carotid compliance (mm²/mmHg)	0.15 ± 0.06	0.16 ± 0.08	0.465^b
Carotid distendibility (%)	0.005 ± 0.002	0.006 ± 0.003	0.086^b
Carotid diastolic wall stress	381.4 ± 68.6	375.4 ± 87.6	0.671^a
Carotid elastic modulus (mmHg)	188.0 ± 94.0	148.0 ± 98.3	0.015^b,*
Femoral IMT (mm)	0.47 ± 0.10	0.45 ± 0.08	0.391^b
Femoral compliance (mm²/mmHg)	0.16± 0.07	0.17 ± 0.09	0.384^a
Femoral distenbility (%)	0.004 ± 0.002	0.004 ± 0.002	0.648^b
Femoral diastolic wall stress	487.4 ± 130.5	466.9 ± 107.1	0.450^a
Femoral elastic modulus (mmHg)	194.6 ± 128.7	169.5 ± 94.6	0.398^b

Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation.

BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; IMT, intima–media thickness.

^aStudent’s ttest, ^bMann–Whitney Utest was performed, *p < 0.05.