Table 1 IMT values of the carotid, axillary, and subclavian arteries
Carotid distal right | Carotid distal left | Subclavian right | Subclavian left | Axillary right | Axillary left | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atherosclerosis patients (n = 42) | ||||||
Mean | 0.89 | 0.88 | 0.75 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.66 |
Median | 0.85 | 0.87 | 0.76 | 0.70 | 0.59 | 0.64 |
Standard deviation | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.16 |
Minimum | 0.53 | 0.46 | 0.51 | 0.36 | 0.40 | 0.43 |
Maximum | 1.40 | 1.70 | 1.60 | 1.10 | 1.50 | 1.00 |
Percentile 25 | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.61 | 0.62 | 0.53 | 0.54 |
Percentile 50 | 0.85 | 0.87 | 0.76 | 0.70 | 0.59 | 0.64 |
Percentile 75 | 0.87 | 1.00 | 0.84 | 0.77 | 0.70 | 0.77 |
Percentile 90 | 0.95 | 1.10 | 0.92 | 0.87 | 0.82 | 0.89 |
GCA patients (n = 44) | ||||||
Mean | 1.04 | 1.07 | 1.18 | 1.21 | 1.23 | 1.14 |
Median | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.15 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.15 |
Standard deviation | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.45 | 0.29 |
Minimum | 0.55 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.46 | 0.57 |
Maximum | 1.70 | 1.50 | 1.80 | 1.90 | 2.3 | 1.70 |
Percentile 25 | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.90 | 1.00 | 0.95 | 0.93 |
Percentile 50 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.15 | 1.21 | 1.20 | 1.15 |
Percentile 75 | 1.15 | 1.30 | 1.40 | 1.32 | 1.45 | 1.40 |
Percentile 90 | 1.52 | 1.43 | 1.67 | 1.80 | 2.1 | 1.45 |
P-value of the mean measure atherosclerosis vs. GCA | 0.01 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 |