Patient-specific pulse wave propagation model identifies cardiovascular risk characteristics in hemodialysis patients
Fig 4
Effects of hemodialysis on the model-estimated parameters.
Repeated measurements statistical testing revealed that hemodialysis affects the model-predicted stiffness of large arteries (A), stroke volume (B), and peak heart ejection moment (C). Each box represents the interquartile range with the circle within being the sample median. Hollow circles denote outliers, i.e. values that are more than 1.5 times the interquartile range away from the top or bottom of the box. Whiskers show the furthest observations when neglecting outliers. The global p-value from the Wittkowski test statistics is shown above each boxplot. Solid red line with an asterisk above indicates multiple-comparison p-value < 0.05 whereas dotted line shows borderline statistical significance, i.e. p-value < 0.1.