Correlations between carotid plaque progression and mechanical stresses change sign over time: a patient follow up study using MRI and 3D FSI models

Table 1 Correlation summary between WTI and PWS at baseline

*Patient*	*Nodes*	*TP1-TP2*		*Nodes*	*TP2-TP3*		*Nodes*	*TP3-TP4*
*Patient*	*Nodes*	p	r	*Nodes*	p	r	*Nodes*	p	r
P1	800	0.0000	0.6048	800	0.0019	0.0972
P2	800	0.0000	0.2946	900	0.0000	0.0889	900	0.1063	−0.0508
P3	700	0.0000	0.1222	800	0.0014	0.0573	800	0.0042	0.0904
P4	700	0.0000	0.1512	700	0.6773	−0.0108
P5	900	0.0000	0.1889	900	0.0066	0.0600
P6	800	0.0020	0.0449	800	0.0000	0.1304	800	0.1876	−0.0249
P7	700	0.1892	0.0160	400	0.3004	0.0266
P8	400	0.8234	0.0049	900	0.0038	0.0536
P9	700	0.0053	0.0422	700	0.3353	−0.0258
P10	400	0.0279	0.0244
P11	800	0.0080	0.0519	900	0.1847	−0.0228
P12	800	0.0000	0.1727	800	0.0633	0.0323	800	0.0655	0.0477
P13	600	0.0000	0.2123	600	0.8811	0.0051	500	0.0000	0.3827
P14	700	0.2534	−0.0199	700	0.1829	0.0393	600	0.0149	−0.0793
P15	1000	0.3021	−0.0162	1000	0.0006	0.0644
P16	900	0.1409	−0.0446	800	0.0000	0.1858	800	0.0001	0.1129
All	T1-T2	0.0000	0.0570	T2-T3	0.0000	0.0498	T3-T4	0.0130	0.0283
Total
P=22		16 pairs	P=11		15 pairs	P= 8		7 pairs	P=3
N=1			N=0			N=0			N=1
NS=15			NS=5			NS=7			NS=3

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