Table 3.

Correlation analysis of the data in the BD group

	Carotid IMT		Ep		YEM		βSI		Carotid AD		Carotid AC		Carotid strain
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
Age	0.297	0.051	0.021	0.895	0.006	0.969	−0.077	0.619	−0.266	0.081	−0.230	0.133	−0.055	0.721
Disease duration	0.091	0.541	0.101	0.493	0.103	0.487	0.023	0.875	−0.356	0.013	−0.324	0.024	−0.183	0.213
Systolic BP	0.245	0.089	0.095	0.518	0.061	0.676	−0.102	0.485	−0.097	0.506	−0.085	0.563	0.248	0.086
Diastolic BP	0.294	0.041	0.088	0.549	0.046	0.755	−0.114	0.437	−0.036	0.807	−0.008	0.959	0.225	0.120
BMI	0.291	0.045	0.102	0.490	0.053	0.720	0.028	0.848	−0.285	0.049	−0.240	0.100	−0.136	0.355
BSAS	0.023	0.874	−0.174	0.232	−0.171	0.239	−0.108	0.460	0.058	0.692	0.098	0.502	−0.074	0.612
ESR	0.213	0.142	0.015	0.920	−0.019	0.898	0.025	0.866	−0.068	0.642	−0.057	0.698	−0.162	0.265
CRP	0.107	0.530	−0.028	0.870	−0.100	0.556	0.002	0.990	−0.086	0.614	−0.058	0.733	−0.143	0.399
TC	0.504	0.000	−0.066	0.664	−0.079	0.603	−0.134	0.376	0.063	0.677	0.173	0.251	0.120	0.427
TG	0.426	0.003	−0.087	0.567	−0.119	0.432	−0.122	0.420	−0.002	0.991	0.132	0.383	0.011	0.941
LDL	0.243	0.104	0.075	0.620	0.083	0.583	0.010	0.950	0.039	0.796	0.074	0.625	0.100	0.507
HDL	0.075	0.618	−0.078	0.607	−0.083	0.584	−0.092	0.543	0.132	0.382	0.123	0.417	0.146	0.331

IMT: intima-media thickness; Ep: Peterson’s elastic modulus; YEM: Young’s elastic modulus; βSI: β Stiffness Index; AD: arterial distensibility; AC: arterial compliance; BP: blood pressure; BMI: Body Mass Index; BSAS: Behçet’s syndrome activity score; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP: C-reactive protein; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; LDL: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol