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Table 2 Conventional echocardiographic parameters of the study population

From: Two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in assessing the subclinical myocardial dysfunction in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus

Variables

Controls

GDM

p-value

IVS (mm)

8.40 ± 0.93

9.46 ± 1.07

 < 0.001

LVPW (mm)

8.57 ± 0.90

9.61 ± 0.99

 < 0.001

LVEDd (mm)

44.01 ± 2.58

44.88 ± 3.09

0.112

LVESd (mm)

22.90 ± 2.92

23.89 ± 2.87

0.080

RWT

0.39 ± 0.04

0.43 ± 0.05

 < 0.001

LVMI (g/m2)

69.65 ± 12.92

79.86 ± 14.77

 < 0.001

LVEF (%)

68.08 ± 5.59

66.26 ± 6.73

0.135

SVI (ml/m2)

37.66 ± 7.35

35.24 ± 6.81

0.079

LAVI (ml/m2)

24.94 ± 6.12

23.80 ± 5.77

0.322

E velocity (cm/s)

94.16 ± 14.89

90.76 ± 16.72

0.277

A velocity (cm/s)

63.53 ± 13.56

67.09 ± 15.94

0.226

E/A

1.54 ± 0.35

1.54 ± 0.92

0.975

Mean e' (cm/s)

14.67 ± 2.17

13.24 ± 2.34

0.002

Mean E/e'

6.50 ± 1.17

7.09 ± 1.77

0.053

  1. GDM Gestational diabetes mellitus, IVS Interventricular septum, LVPW Left ventricular posterior wall, LVEDd Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, LVESd Left ventricular end-systolic diameter, RWT Relative wall thickness, LVMI Left ventricular mass index, LVEF Left ventricular ejection fraction, SVI Stroke volume index, LAVI Left atrial volume index