Table 4.
Echocardiographic findings, blood pressure and heart rate before and 6 months after treatment with radioactive iodine
| Variable | Visit number | P (by Wilcoxon signed rank test) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | |||
| ALa | N | 22 | 16 | 0.642 |
| Percentiles | ||||
| 25 | 0.677 | 0.756 | ||
| 50 | 0.772 | 0.791 | ||
| 75 | 0.928 | 0.855 | ||
| LVIDd | N | 22 | 16 | 0.056 |
| Percentiles | ||||
| 25 | 1.438 | 1.308 | ||
| 50 | 1.595 | 1.440 | ||
| 75 | 1.713 | 1.640 | ||
| LVIDs | N | 22 | 16 | 0.127 |
| Percentiles | ||||
| 25 | 0.618 | 0.720 | ||
| 50 | 0.690 | 0.805 | ||
| 75 | 0.820 | 0.920 | ||
| IVSd | N | 22 | 16 | 0.254 |
| Percentiles | ||||
| 25 | 0.443 | 0.403 | ||
| 50 | 0.490 | 0.460 | ||
| 75 | 0.570 | 0.558 | ||
| IVSs | N | 22 | 16 | 0.047 |
| Percentiles | ||||
| 25 | 0.635 | 0.538 | ||
| 50 | 0.720 | 0.640 | ||
| 75 | 0.783 | 0.728 | ||
| LVFWd | N | 22 | 16 | 0.210 |
| Percentiles | ||||
| 25 | 0.460 | 0.443 | ||
| 50 | 0.490 | 0.490 | ||
| 75 | 0.573 | 0.530 | ||
| LVFWs | N | 22 | 16 | 0.073 |
| Percentiles | ||||
| 25 | 0.700 | 0.640 | ||
| 50 | 0.755 | 0.755 | ||
| 75 | 0.868 | 0.830 | ||
| FS | N | 22 | 15 | 0.006 |
| Percentiles | ||||
| 25 | 48.00 | 40.00 | ||
| 50 | 54.00 | 43.00 | ||
| 75 | 58.75 | 50.00 | ||
| Blood pressure | N | 21 | 15 | 0.776 |
| Percentiles | ||||
| 25 | 170 | 155 | ||
| 50 | 180 | 180 | ||
| 75 | 195 | 210 | ||
Ao/La=aortic diameter and left atrial diameter ratio, LVIDd=left ventricular internal diameter in diastole, LVIDs=left ventricular internal diameter in systole, IVSd=thickness of the interventricular septum in diastole, IVSs=thickness of the interventricular septum in systole, LVFWd=left ventricular freewall in diastole, LVFWs=left ventricular freewall in systole.