Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study population
Characteristic | Total, n = 100 | Patients with STMD minimum | P value* | Patients with STMD maximum | P value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
≤15.2 mm, n = 68 | >15.2 mm, n = 32 | ≤15.2 mm, n = 81 | >15.2 mm, n = 19 | ||||
Age (years), mean (SD) | 37 (14) | 35 (15) | 41 (13) | 0.01 | 36 (14) | 42 (14) | 0.06 |
Males, n (%) | 31 (31) | 31 (45) | 0 (0) | 0.00001 | 31 (37) | 0 (0) | 0.001 |
Caucasian, n (%) | 89 (89) | 59 (87) | 30 (93) | 0.495 | 71 (88) | 18 (95) | 0.685 |
Weight (kg), mean (SD) | 76 (19) | 73 (19) | 83 (18) | 0.014 | 74 (18) | 89 (19) | 0.003 |
Height (m), mean (SD) | 1.7 (0.1) | 1.69 (0.1) | 1.64 (0.1) | 0.020 | 1.69 (0.1) | 1.64 (0.1) | 0.02 |
BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 27 (6) | 25 (5) | 31 (7) | 0.001 | 26 (5) | 33 (8) | 0.0001 |
STMD max (mm), mean (SD) | 11 (6) | 8 (3) | 17 (4) | 0.0001 | 9 (3) | 19 (4) | 0.0001 |
STMD min (mm), mean (SD) | 13 (7) | 9 (3) | 21 (6) | 0.0001 | 11 (5) | 23 (7) | 0.0001 |
STMD% compression, mean (SD) | 11 (10) | 11 (10) | 18 (10) | 0.002 | 13 (11) | 15 (9) | 0.41 |