Table 1.

Correlation of clinicoradiologic factors with quantitative SWE parameters on univariate analysis

			Emax			Emean			Eratio			SD
Variable	n	Mean ± SD	β coefficient	p	Mean ± SD	β coefficient	p	Mean ± SD	β coefficient	p	Mean ± SD	β coefficient	p
Age	82	169.16 ± 70.30	1.49 ± 0.66	0.026	131.17 ± 52.76	1.19 ± 0.49	0.018	8.00 ± 8.16	0.09 ± 0.08	0.237	23.60 ± 19.45	0.24 ± 0.19	0.200
Symptom
Absent	40	135.20 ± 59.32	0		108.89 ± 47.62	0		6.11 ± 4.10	0		16.66 ± 12.55	0
Present	41	199.59 ± 64.56	64.39 ± 13.79	<0.001	151.48 ± 49.20	42.59 ± 10.76	<0.001	9.93 ± 10.53	3.82 ± 1.78	0.035	30.24 ± 22.76	13.58 ± 4.10	0.001
Ultrasound size	82	169.16 ± 70.30	4.18 ± 0.88	<0.001	131.17 ± 52.76	2.79 ± 0.68	<0.001	8.00 ± 8.16	0.36 ± 0.11	0.001	23.60 ± 19.45	1.06 ± 0.25	<0.001
Ultrasound size
<10 mm	15	129.85 ± 60.22	0		103.82 ± 47.59	0		5.76 ± 4.04	0		13.85 ± 6.51	0
10–20 mm	45	152.02 ± 61.67	22.17 ± 17.74	0.215	119.18 ± 47.24	15.36 ± 13.70	0.266	5.79 ± 3.49	0.03 ± 2.20	0.989	20.90 ± 16.36	7.05 ± 5.37	0.193
>20 mm	22	231.04 ± 54.16	101.19 ± 19.92	<0.001	174.34 ± 41.91	70.52 ± 15.39	<0.001	14.05 ± 12.96	8.30 ± 2.47	0.001	35.77 ± 25.12	21.91 ± 6.03	<0.001
Thickness
10–20 mm	45	166.46 ± 66.07	0		129.35 ± 46.81	0		6.62 ± 5.91	0		22.88 ± 19.13	0
>20 mm	37	172.44 ± 75.93	5.98 ± 15.68	0.704	133.39 ± 59.80	4.04 ± 11.77	0.733	9.67 ± 10.09	3.05 ± 1.79	0.092	24.48 ± 20.05	1.60 ± 4.34	0.714
Lesion depth
<10 mm	21	155.89 ± 69.91	0		123.54 ± 51.98	0		8.91 ± 8.00	0		20.41 ± 16.74	0
≥10 mm	61	173.73 ± 70.43	17.85 ± 17.79	0.319	133.80 ± 53.20	10.26 ± 13.38	0.446	7.68 ± 8.26	−1.23 ± 2.07	0.555	24.70 ± 20.31	4.28 ± 4.93	0.387

E_max, max elasticity; E_mean, mean elasticity; E_ratio, elasticity ratio; SD, standard deviation; SWE, shear wave elastography.

p-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.