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Ultrasound characteristics
|
Variable |
Men |
|
Women |
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
IP |
Non-IP |
|
IP |
Non-IP |
|
| |
N = 52 |
N = 104 |
|
N = 87 |
N = 174 |
|
| mean (SD) | mean (SD) | p value | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | p value | |
| Broadband ultrasound attenuation (dB/MHz) |
85.8 (18.1) |
91.1 (18.6) |
0.09 |
70.6 (16.2) |
69.3 (14.7) |
0.52 |
| Speed of sound (m/s) | 1629.0 (47.6) | 1644.0 (35.5) | 0.03 | 1617.6 (40.3) | 1624.5 (38.9) | 0.18 |
IP = inflammatory polyarthritis.
