Vascular Measurements | Clinical/Laboratory Measurements | r | p |
---|---|---|---|
ccIMT | FMD | −0.563 | 0.0001 |
ccIMT | PWV | 0.374 | 0.018 |
ccIMT | Disease duration | 0.559 | 0.013 |
ccIMT | BASFI | 0.691 | 0.003 |
ccIMT | Lumbar spine mobility | −0.656 | 0.006 |
ccIMT | Chest expansion | −0.502 | 0.047 |
ccIMT | Wall-occiput distance | 0.509 | 0.044 |
PWV | Age | 0.382 | 0.016 |
PWV | Disease duration | 0.520 | 0.022 |
PWV | Lumbar spine mobility | −0.604 | 0.013 |
PWV | Chest expansion | −0.613 | 0.012 |
PWV | Wall-occiput distance | 0.614 | 0.011 |
ccIMT: common carotid intima-media thickness; FMD: flow-mediated vasodilation; PWV: pulse-wave velocity; BASFI: Bath AS Functional Index.