Table 2 Imaging Data in Patients with and without AIS.

From: Carotid vulnerable plaques are associated with circulating leukocytes in acute ischemic stroke patients: an clinical study based on contrast-enhanced ultrasound

Variable

AIS (n = 62)

No AIS (n = 54)

P value

P after adjusting for

BMI

SBP

DBP

TIC-P, mean (SD), dB

55.08 (14.57)

42.92 (14.63)

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

TIC-M, mean (SD), dB

25.29 (8.89)

21.88 (8.15)

0.046

0.050

0.042

0.044

FC-P, mean (SD)

25.24 (8.92)

23.89 (8.09)

0.041

0.051

0.053

0.047

FC-S, mean (SD), 1/s

0.71 (0.27)

0.20 (0.11)

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

FC-AUC, mean (SD), 1/s

17.22 (8.38)

4.40 (1.97)

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Degree of plaque INP, n (%)

Grade 1

8 (13)

25 (46)

<0.001

/

/

/

Grade 2

54 (87)

29 (54)

<0.001

/

/

/

  1. TIC-P: the peak of time-intensity curve; TIC-M: the mean of time-intensity curve; FC: fitting curves of time-intensity; P: peak; AUC: area under the curve; BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.
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