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Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 3 Relation between serum uric acid with ultrasonographic findings in CKD patients

From: Ultrasonographic findings in patients with chronic kidney disease with asymptomatic hyperuricemia

Variable

Group 1 (no. = 50)

Mann–Whitney test

P

Double contour sign at knee

1.85

0.05

Synovial thickening at knee

3.79

0.06

Patellar tendinopathy

0.19

0.89

Double contour sign at ankle

2.38

0.03

Synovial thickening at ankle

0.18

0.86

Double contour sign at 1st MTP

2.13

0.03

Synovial thickening at 1st MTP

0.84

0.4

Tophi at 1st MTP

0.92

0.36

Achilles’ tendon calcific foci

0.98

0.33

Achilles’ tendinopathy

0.15

0.88

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