. 2020 Dec 1;115(6):1125–1132. [Article in Portuguese] doi: 10.36660/abc.20190348

Table 5. – Comparison of pulse wave velocity according to carotid Doppler variables and presence or not of target organ damage.

Variable	Group	n	PWV	CI	p
LVH ^†	No	212	7.6	7.55 - 8.03	<0.0001*
LVH ^†	Yes	105	9.1	8.74 – 9.53	<0.0001*
IMT ^‡	≤ 1 mm	152	8.07	7.79 - 8.35	0.006
IMT ^‡	> 1 mm	26	9.12	8.32 - 9.90	0.006
Presence of plaque ^‡	No	82	7.44	7.14 - 7.75	<0.0001*
Presence of plaque ^‡	Yes	172	9.09	8.83 - 9.35	<0.0001*
Plaque size ^‡	< 50%	146	8.92	8.64 - 9.20	0.003
Plaque size ^‡	≥ 50%	25	10.0	9.42 - 10.63	0.003
Target organ damage** ^,‡	No	118	6.9	6.62 - 7.12	<0.0001*
Target organ damage** ^,‡	Yes	237	8.9	8.69 - 9.17	<0.0001*

CI: confidence interval; IMT: intima-media thickness; LVH: left ventricular hypertrophy; PWV: pulse wave velocity. *p < 0.05.^†Mann-Whitney test.^‡t-test for independent samples. ** IMT>1mm, presence of plaque, LVH or PWV > 10 m/s.