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Table 3 Comparison between juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients subtypes as regard parameters of subclinical atherosclerosis by ultrasonography

From: Predictors of subclinical cardiovascular affection in Egyptian patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis subtypes

 

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis

f

p

Oligarthritis (n = 6), mean ± SD

Polyarthrits (n = 12), mean ± SD

Systemic (n = 12), mean ± SD

Right internal carotid velocity

76.3 ± 16.4

72.8 ± 11.6

170.8 ± 7.4*

265

0.0001 (S)

Right external carotid velocity

66.7 ± 11.5

64.7 ± 7.5

88.3 ± 7.3*

27

0.0001 (S)

Right common carotid velocity

81 ± 1.5

73 ± 15

157 ± 25*

67

0.0001 (S)

Right common carotid intima thickness

0.49 ± 0.01

0.61 ± 0.05

0.78 ± 0.04*

118

0.0001 (S)

Left internal carotid velocity

81.7 ± 23.8

111 ± 11.8

145 ± 24*

22

0.0001 (S)

Left external carotid velocity

80.7 ± 19

85 ± 12

101 ± 23*

3.4

0.048 (S)

Left common carotid velocity

75.7 ± 14.5

73.8 ± 11.5

177.5 ± 5.3*

365

0.0001 (S)

Left common carotid intima thickness

0.49 ± 0.01

0.59 ± 0.02

0.75 ± 0.05*

152

0.0001 (S)

Right femoral velocity

44 ± 15.4

81.7 ± 18*

78.58 ± 20

9

0.001 (S)

Right femoral intima thickness

0.5 ± 0

0.5 ± 0

0.57 ± 0.04*

16

0.0001 (S)

Left femoral velocity

59.3 ± 11

71.6 ± 15

78.6 ± 24

2

0.13 (NS)

Left femoral intima thickness

0.5 ± 0

0.5 ± 0

0.57 ± 0.05*

16

0.0001 (S)

  1. f = ANOVA test; S significant, NS non-significant
  2. *LSD was for the systemic onset subtype in all subclinical atherosclerosis parameters except right femoral velocity was for the polyarticular subtype