Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 1 Comparison of SWE and renal Doppler findings between study groups

From: Diagnostic utility of renal shear wave elastography and renal Doppler findings in diabetic nephropathy: a case–control study

	Group				p value
	Cases (n = 52 renal units)		Control (n = 52 renal units)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
RI upper	0.73	0.07	0.63	0.04	< 0.001
RI mid	0.74	0.07	0.64	0.04	< 0.001
RI lower	0.75	0.06	0.63	0.04	< 0.001
Mean RI	0.74	0.06	0.63	0.03	< 0.001
SWE Upper 1	27.2	13.8	9.8	3.0	< 0.001
SWE Upper 2	24.1	9.9	9.6	2.9	< 0.001
SWE upper 3	24.0	8.5	10.0	5.5	< 0.001
SWE mid 1	25.00	13.96	8.80	2.13	< 0.001
SWE mid 2	28.2	16.1	9.3	1.9	< 0.001
SWE mid 3	29.53	18.51	9.83	2.83	< 0.001
SWE lower 1	30.40	16.99	10.37	2.58	< 0.001
SWE lower 2	24.6	11.0	8.9	2.6	< 0.001
SWE lower 3	29.0	14.0	9.5	2.4	< 0.001
Mean SWE	27	8.2	9.4	1.5	< 0.001

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