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Table 4 Correlations between fetal cardiac indices and variables (Pearson’s correlation coefficients) for all patients

From: Evaluation of prenatal changes in fetal cardiac morphology and function in maternal diabetes mellitus using a novel fetal speckle-tracking analysis: a prospective cohort study

Indices

Maternal age

BMI

EFW

FHR

HbA1c

r

P-value

r

P-value

r

P-value

r

P-value

r

P-value

4CV-GSI

0.136

0.537

-0.050

0.820

-0.295

0.172

0.192

0.379

0.055

0..804

LV-GLS

-0.012

0.958

0.082

0.709

0.339

0.113

0.321

0.135

-0.199

0.362

RV-GLS

-0.023

0.916

-0.321

0.136

-0.152

0.488

0.167

0.446

-0.163

0.457

LV-FAC

-0.060

0.785

-0.136

0.537

-0.527

0.010

-0.197

0.368

0.378

0.076

RV-FAC

0.134

0.542

-0.079

0.718

0.048

0.829

-0.490

0.018

-0.111

0.613

  1. BMI body mass index, EFW estimated fetal weight, FHR fetal heart rate, HbA1c glycosylated hemoglobin, 4CV four-chamber view, GSI global sphericity index, LV left ventricle, GLS global longitudinal strain, RV right ventricle, FAC fractional area change