Wall shear stress in hypertensive patients is associated with carotid vascular deformation assessed by speckle tracking strain imaging

Table 3 Correlation coefficients between carotid parameters in the hypertensive group ( n = 100)

Variable	Peak wall shear stress		Carotid mean IMT
Variable	r	pvalue	r	pvalue
Age	-0.205	0.034	0.433	<0.001
Systolic blood pressure	-0.032	0.744	-0.005	0.954
Total cholesterol	0.050	0.632	-0.080	0.445
High-sensitivity C-reactive protein	-0.086	0.495	0.037	0.769
Pulsatility index	0.186	0.048	0.204	0.029
Resistive index	0.189	0.045	0.208	0.026
Brachial ankle pulse wave velocity	-0.292	0.003	0.265	0.007
Global circumferential strain	0.492	<0.001	-0.296	0.008
Peak posterior radial strain	-0.449	<0.001	0.236	0.033
Carotid mean IMT	-0.236	0.012	1

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