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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Speckle tracking echocardiography-determined measures of global and regional left ventricular function correlate with functional capacity in patients with and without preserved ejection fraction

 

Total

Controls

Group A

Group B

Group C

 

Variable

N = 68

N = 19

N = 7

N = 26

N = 16

P value*

Age (years)

42.7 (16)

30.1 (12.7)

36.9 (19)

47 (13)

53 (14)

<0.001

Height (inches)

67 (4.3)

67 (3.4)

70 (4.8)

67 (4.3)

68 (4.7)

0.40

Weight (lbs)

167 (33)

151 (28)

158 (34)

170 (29)

182 (39)

0.10

SBP (mmHg)

123 (21)

120 (22)

122 (13)

122 (21)

127 (24)

0.54

DBP (mmHg)

76 (14)

74 (13.7)

75 (10.4)

74 (15)

82 (14)

0.22

Cr (mg/dL)

1.5 (2.2)

0.78 (0.2)

2.9 (4.3)

1.0 (0.5)

2.3 (3.3)

0.03

GFR (mL/min)

90 (41)

115 (35)

70 (41)

94 (37)

69 (39)

0.01

Male

60%

53%

71%

58%

69%

0.74

Caucasian

44%

50%

75%

36%

40%

0.23

Tobacco use

38%

21%

0%

50%

56%

0.02

Diabetic

12%

0%

0%

15%

25%

0.09

Hyperlipidemia

22%

5%

14%

19%

50%

0.02

DASI

38.6 (20)

58.2 (0)

58.2 (0)

37 (9.2)

9.9 (6)

<0.001

EF (%)

51.4 (14)

60.4 (3)

51.7 (3)

52 (12)

39.8 (19)

<0.001

e’

8.5 (3)

10.4 (2.8)

10.8 (2.6)

7.7 (2.3)

6.5 (2.7)

0.001

E/e’

13 (8.8)

9.7 (3.1)

8.4 (2.5)

12 (4.6)

20 (14.6)

0.004

GLS

–15 (4.8)

–18.0 (2.4)

–17.5 (1.8)

–14.5 (3.8)

–10.3 (6.7)

0.016

GCS

–17.7 (5.5)

–21.4 (2.4)

–19.2 (1.3)

–17.9 (4.7)

–13.4 (6.8)

0.003

GRS

21.1 (13)

30.0 (7.5)

35.0 (15)

20.7 (11.5)

10.7 (7.9)

<0.001

  1. Continuous variables are presented as mean (standard deviation).
  2. Abbreviations: Cr creatinine, DBP diastolic blood pressure, E peak early left ventricular filling velocity, e' peak early mitral annular velocity, GFR glomerular filtration rate, SBP systolic blood pressure.
  3. *P value comparing all groups.