Evaluation of carotid artery elasticity changes in patients with type 2 diabetes

Table 4 Comparison of displacement variables between the two groups by X-strain analysis

Variables	Patients group	Control group	P value
LD-D (mm)	0.0884 ± 0.053	0.0638 ± 0.028	0.0212*
LD-DT (ms)	390.0 ± 163.1	365.1 ± 205.1	0.2262
LD-TD (ms)	35.96 ± 27.78	65.14 ± 67.36	0.0420*
RD-D (mm)	0.8188 ± 0.5993	0.6000 ± 0.2290	0.0235*
RD-DT (ms)	314.7 ± 87.15	337.3 ± 79.16	0.1074
RD-TD (ms)	137.8 ± 49.7	130.8 ± 43.89	0.5080
ROT-D (mm)	0.4981 ± 0.2225	0.6876 ± 0.3874	0.0161*
ROT-DT (ms)	316.4 ± 79.9	394.3 ± 147.1	0.0072*
ROT-TD (ms)	123.7 ± 59.81	122.2 ± 77.56	0.2568

Notes: *Value between controls and patients with diabetes P < 0.05. Data are presented as means ± standard deviation.
Abbreviations: RD-D radial displacement difference; RD-DT the time of radial peak displacement difference; RD-TD the time difference of radial peak displacement; LD-D longitudinal displacement difference; LD-DT the time of longitudinal peak displacement difference; LD-TD the time difference of longitudinal peak displacement; ROT-D difference of rotation displacement; ROT-DT the time of rotation peak displacement difference; ROT-TD the time difference of rotation peak displacement.

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