| |
The patient group
|
Test U
|
P value
|
|---|
|
Carotid atherosclerosis N = 50
|
Cardioembolic N = 50
|
Total N = 100
|
|---|
|
IMT
|
|
X ± SD
|
2.27 ± 1.26
|
0.60 ± 0.14
|
1.44 ± 1.22
|
8.6
|
< 0.001*
|
|
Range
|
0.90–5
|
0.3–0.80
|
0.3–5
|
| |
No
|
%
|
No
|
%
| | |
X2
| |
|---|
|
Atherosclerosis severity
|
|
No (IMT ≤ 0.8 mm)
|
0
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
50
|
50
|
100
|
< 0.001*
|
|
Mild (IMT 0.9–1 mm)
|
11
|
22
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
11
|
|
Moderate (IMT 1.1–1.9 mm)
|
17
|
34
|
0
|
0
|
17
|
17
|
|
Severe (IMT ≥ 2 mm)
|
22
|
44
|
0
|
0
|
22
|
22
|
- X mean, SD standard deviation, X2 Chi-square test, U Mann–Whitney U, *highly significant, IMT intimal medial thickness
