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Table 2 Echocardiographic characteristics of the two study groups categorized by having or not having type 2 DM

From: The correlation between epicardial fat thickness and longitudinal left atrial reservoir strain in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and controls

 

Non diabetics (n=30)

Diabetics (n=64)

P value

LARS (%)

39.47 [31.67–58.36]

35.61 [24.71–43.59]

0.215

Indexed LA volume (ml/m2)

29.10±11.34

43.05± 44.40

0.022

Indexed LA diameter (cm/m2)

2.07±0.37

2.51±2.69

0.385

LA EF (%)

68.20±15.28

67.16±15.54

0.762

Indexed LV mass (g/m2)

103.01±51.31

117.83±116.23

0.508

Indexed LVIDd (cm/m2)

2.75±.39

3.02±2.97

0.624

Indexed LVIDs (cm/m2)

1.67±0.29

1.80±1.70

0.684

Epicardial fat thickness (mm)

4.10±3.11

5.96±2.13

0.005

E wave (m/s)

0.62±0.18

0.67±.15

0.229

A wave (m/s)

0.63±0.18

0.73±0.23

0.023

E/A

1.03±0.37

0.96±0.31

0.348

E/e'

6.34±1.65

7.80±2.01

0.001

e’ (cm/s)

10.27±3.04

8.75±2.00

0.019

s’ (cm/s)

9.10±1.40

8.22±1.32

0.006

DT of E wave (ms)

235.43±56.44

227.14±54.22

0.499

LVGLS (%)

− 18.79±3.93

− 16.76±6.33

0.112

TR velocity (m/s)

2.31 [2.07-2.46]

2.36 [2.18-2.51]

0.280

LARS/-LVGLS

2.2903 [1.52-3.32]

1.91 [1.48-3.02]

0.340

  1. LA Left atrium, LV Left ventricle, EF Ejection fraction, LVIDd End diastolic left ventricular internal diameter, LVIDs End systolic left ventricular internal diameter, DT Deceleration time, GLS global longitudinal strain, LA left atrium, E/e’ transmitral Doppler early diastolic velocity/mitral annular early diastolic velocity, A wave transmitral Doppler late diastolic velocity, s mitral annular peak systolic velocity, TR tricuspid regurgitation, LARS left atrial reservoir strain
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