Ultrasonographic findings in patients with chronic kidney disease with asymptomatic hyperuricemia

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 2 Relation between CMP with ultrasonographic findings in CKD patients

Variable	Group 1 (no. = 50)
Variable	Mann–Whitney test	P
Double contour sign at knee	4.09	< 0.001
Synovial thickening	3.79	0.003
Patellar tendinopathy	2.27	0.36
Double contour sign at ankle	2.38	0.02
Synovial thickening	2.38	0.02
Double contour sign at 1st MTP	2.13	0.03
Synovial thickening	0.84	0.4
Aggregate at 1st MTP	0.92	0.36
Achilles’ tendon calcific foci	0.98	0.33
Achilles’ tendinopathy	0.15	0.88

1st MTP first metatarsophalangeal joint if P ≤ 0.05 means significant, if P < 0.001 means highly significant