Table 5. Comparison of echocardiographic findings between patients and controls.

EF: Ejection fraction, EDV: end diastolic volume, ESV: end systolic volume, E/A: early (E) to late (A) ventricular filling velocities. Statistics were calculated at 95% confidence interval

	Controls (n=25)	Patients without cirrhosis (n=28)	Patients with cirrhosis (n=100)	Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy present(n=68)	Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy absent(n=32)
EF (%)	60.93±3.84	60.12±3.24	57.28±6.02 (p=0.0073)	56.41±6.7	59.14±4.16 (p=0.1414)
EDV (ml)	84.28±7.18	83.76±8.11	83.06±8.15 (p=0.5275)	82.91±8.19	83.38±8.57 (p=0.8528)
ESV (ml)	33.2±2.58	33.43±2.41	35.28±4.81 (p=0.0473)	35.97±5.57	33.81±2.3 (p=0.143)
E/A	1.096±0.08	1.12±0.04	0.89±0.22 (p=0.0001)	0.785±0.16	1.11±0.19 (p < 0.05)