Table 2.
Echocardiographic findings for patients with end-stage kidney disease by LVH type and IVCD.
| Eccentric LVH, Small IVCD (n = 38) |
Concentric LVH, Small IVCD (n = 42) |
Eccentric LVH, Large IVCD (n = 45) |
Concentric LVH, Large IVCD (n = 50) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aortic root (mm) ** | 32.1 ± 4.4 | 32.4 ± 4.9 | 32.5 ± 3.9 | 32.3 ± 4.0 | 0.971 |
| IVS (mm) ** | 11.2 ± 1.7 | 12.8 ± 3.4 | 12.4 ± 2.1 | 13.6 ± 2.2 | <0.001 |
| LA diameter (mm) ** | 42.7 ± 5.7 | 41.0 ± 7.5 | 46.1 ± 7.1 | 46.4 ± 8.4 | 0.001 |
| LVEDD (mm) ** | 53.6 ± 5.3 | 47.4 ± 5.3 | 56.4 ± 6.2 | 48.8 ± 6.7 | <0.001 |
| LVESD (mm) ** | 32.9 ± 6.1 | 28.4 ± 5.3 | 37.1 ± 8.7 | 30.8 ± 7.3 | <0.001 |
| LVPW (mm) ** | 9.6 ± 1.4 | 12.4 ± 2.4 | 10.3 ± 1.1 | 12.9 ± 1.6 | <0.001 |
| LVMI ** | 139.8 ± 23.4 | 150.4 ± 50.8 | 161.5 ± 39.3 | 164.7 ± 42.7 | 0.022 |
| RWT (mm) ** | 0.4 ± 0.0 | 0.5 ± 0.1 | 0.4 ± 0.0 | 0.5 ± 0.1 | <0.001 |
| IVC diameter (cm) ** | 1.2 ± 0.2 | 1.1 ± 0.2 | 1.9 ± 0.3 | 1.9 ± 0.3 | <0.001 |
Data expressed as mean ± standard deviation for continuous data. LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy; IVS, interventricular septum; LA, left atrium; LVEDD, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVESD, left ventricular end-systolic diameter; LVPW, left ventricular posterior wall; LVMI, left ventricular mass index; RWT, relative wall thickness; IVCD, inferior vena cava diameter ** One-way analysis of variance.