Table 2 Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients between mean and maximal stenosis severity, proximal and distal aortic PWV and cross-sectional carotid NWI, both for the total dataset as well as for one outlier removed
All patients included | Two outliers removed | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean SC r P | Max SC r S | NWI r P | Mean SC r P | Max SC r S | NWI r P | |
PWV proximal | 0.20 (p=0.22, N=42) | 0.23 (p=0.14, N=42) | 0.31 (p=0.048, N=42) | 0.48 (p=0.002, N=40) | 0.22 (p=0.18, N=41) | 0.22 (p=0.17, N=41) |
PWV distal | 0.49 (p=0.001, N=42) | 0.65 (p<0.001, N=42) | 0.21 (p=0.18, N=42) | 0.64 (p<0.001, N=41) | 0.65 (p<0.001, N=42) | 0.21 (p=0.18, N=42) |
NWI | 0.15 (p=0.34, N=42) | 0.14 (p=0.37, N=42) | 0.17 (p=0.28, N=41) | 0.14 (p=0.37, N=42) | ||