Relationship between serum uric acid and internal carotid resistive index in hypertensive women: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Univariate analysis between serum uric acid and common carotid artery features

Variable	Female (n = 207)	Male (n = 123)	p(Z-test)
Intima-media thickness	0.10	0.01	0.42
Diastolic diameter	0.14	0.08	0.59
Systolic diameter	0.13	0.04	0.42
Young’s Elastic Modulus	0.14	−0.03	0.13
Artery Compliance	−0.02	0.02	0.72
Stiffness Index	0.05	−0.06	0.33
Peak circumferential wall tension	0.09	−0.02	0.33
Mean circumferential wall tension	0.03	0.10	0.53
Resistive index (Internal carotid artery)	0.34*	−0.11	<0.001

Legend: * p < 0.001. Z-test was used to compare correlation coefficients between genders.

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