Shear rate specific blood viscosity and shear stress of carotid artery duplex ultrasonography in patients with lacunar infarction

Table 3 Adjusted ^* (mean ± SE) peak-systolic and end-diastolic shear stresses (dyne/cm ² ) of both common carotid arteries

	Control	Lacunar infarction	p
	(n = 20)	(n = 17)
Shear stress using shear-rate specific BV
Right CCA, PS	16.0 ± 1.0	12.2 ± 1.1	0.028
ED	6.2 ± 0.4	4.7 ± 0.5	0.044
Left CCA, PS	19.5 ± 1.3	13.0 ± 1.3	0.005
ED	9.1 ± 0.9	5.0 ± 1.0	0.010
Shear stress using BV at 300 s^-1
Right CCA, PS	16.5 ± 1.2	12.0 ± 1.2	0.026
ED	5.7 ± 0.5	3.9 ± 0.5	0.041
Left CCA, PS	21.0 ± 1.5	12.7 ± 1.7	0.003
ED	8.9 ± 1.0	4.1 ± 1.0	0.008
Shear stress using Hct-derived BV
Right CCA, PS	16.6 ± 1.3	11.0 ± 1.4	0.013
ED	5.8 ± 0.6	3.6 ± 0.6	0.033
Left CCA, PS	20.8 ± 1.6	11.9 ± 1.7	0.003
ED	9.1 ± 1.2	3.8 ± 1.2	0.012

^* Adjusted for age, sex, smoking, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, hematocrit, plasma tHcy, total cholesterol, triglyceride, and HDL cholesterol.

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