|
Characteristic
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Total, n = 69
|
Patients with STMD minimum
|
P value*
|
Patients with STMD maximum
|
P value*
|
|---|
| | |
≤15.2 mm, n = 37
|
>15.2 mm, n = 32
| |
≤15.2 mm, n = 50
|
>15.2 mm, n = 19
| |
|
Age (years), mean (SD)
|
37 (13)
|
33 (12)
|
41 (13)
|
0.009
|
35 (12)
|
43 (14)
|
0.03
|
|
Caucasian, n (%)
|
61 (88)
|
31 (82)
|
30 (94)
|
0.27
|
43 (86)
|
18 (95)
|
0.29
|
|
Weight (kg), mean (SD)
|
73 (17)
|
64 (12)
|
83 (18)
|
0.001
|
67 (12)
|
89 (19)
|
0.001
|
|
Height (m), mean (SD)
|
1.6 (0.1)
|
1.62 (0.1)
|
1.64 (0.1)
|
0.16
|
1.63 (0.1)
|
1.64 (0.1)
|
0.71
|
|
BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)
|
27 (7)
|
24 (4)
|
31 (7)
|
0.0001
|
25 (4)
|
33 (8)
|
0.001
|
|
STMD max (mm), mean (SD)
|
13 (5)
|
10 (2)
|
17 (4)
|
0.0001
|
11 (3)
|
20 (4)
|
0.0001
|
|
STMD min (mm), mean (SD)
|
16 (7)
|
11 (2)
|
21 (6)
|
0.0001
|
13 (4)
|
23 (7)
|
0.0001
|
|
STMD% compression, mean (SD)
|
16 (11)
|
14 (11)
|
18 (10)
|
0.11
|
16 (11)
|
15 (9)
|
0.53
|
- *P-value calculated by Student’s t test or Chi square test/Fisher’s exact test.
- SD: standard deviation; BMI: body mass index; STMDmin: skin-to-muscle depth with minimal pressure; STMDmax: skin-to-muscle depth with maximal pressure.
