Lipids in Health and Disease

Table 4 Correlations between atherosclerosis surrogates (cumulated data for all subgroups and between parents and children with FH.)

From: “Apple does not fall far from the tree” – subclinical atherosclerosis in children with familial hypercholesterolemia

Parameters	Strain				Strain Rate
	R		P		R		P
IMCT	−0.7043		0.0001		−0.6659		0.0001
PWV	−0.8080		0.0001		−0.7788		0.0001
AI	0.8793		0.0001		0.8229		0.0001
Parameters	Children with FH
	PWV		AI		Strain		Strain Rate
	R	P	R	P	R	P	R	P
Adults with FH
IMCT	0.5427	0.0091	−0.6520	0.0010	−0.6055	0.0028	−0.6702	0.0006
PWV	0.6497	0.0011	−0.7891	< 0.0001	−0.6970	0.0003	−0.7113	0.0002
AI	−0.5629	0.0064	0.6650	0.0007	0.5739	0.0052	0.6231	0.0020
Strain	−0.5964	0.0034	0.7482	0.0001	0.6374	0.0014	0.7182	0.0002
Strain Rate	−0.6551	0.0009	0.8113	< 0.0001	0.7248	0.0001	0.7767	< 0.0001

IMCT intima media complex thickness, PVW pulse wave velocity, AI augmentation index, P p-value

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