Ultrasonic Characteristics of Cardiovascular Changes in Children with Hutchinson–Gilford Progeria Syndrome: A Comparative Study with Normal Children and Aging People

Table 4

Echocardiographic parameters of carotid elasticity.

	Ep		AC	AI	PWVβ
HGPS children	^b	^b			^b
Age-matched healthy children	^b	^b	^b		^b
Older healthy volunteers	^a	^a	^a		^a
value	24.889	20.616	8.536	0.611	37.530
value	0.000	0.000	0.001	0.547	0.000

^a, when compared with age-matched healthy children; ^b, when compared with older healthy volunteers.