Table 4.
Relationships for baseline US measurements and risk factors
|
Risk factors |
|
IMT (mm) |
|
TPA (cm
2
) |
|
TPV (mm
3
) |
|
VWV (mm
3
) |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.