Table 3.
Progression of cardiac involvement among patients
| Primary echocardiography | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Findings | Total | P value | |||||
| Normal | Mild MR | Severe MR | Mild MR+mild TR | |||||
| Female | 2 (11.1%) | 7 (38.9%) | 3 (16.7%) | - | 12 (66.7%) | 0.04 | ||
| Male | 4 (22.3%) | 1 (5.5%) | - | 1 (5.5%) | 6 (33.3%) | |||
| Six-month follow-up echocardiography | ||||||||
| Sex | Findings | Total | P value | |||||
| Normal | Mild MR | Moderate to severe MR | Severe MR | Mild MR+mild TR | ||||
| Female | - | 8 (44.5%) | - | 3 (16.7%) | 1 (5.5%) | 12 (66.7%) | 0.04 | |
| Male | 3 (16.7%) | 2 (11.1%) | 1 (5.5%) | - | - | 6 (33.3%) | ||
| One-year follow-up echocardiography | ||||||||
| Sex | Findings | Total | P value | |||||
| Normal | Mild MR | Moderate MR | Severe MR | Mild MR+mild TR | Moderate MR+mild AI | |||
| Female | - | 7 (38.8%) | 1 (5.5%) | 3 (16.7%) | 1 (5.5%) | - | 12 (66.7%) | 0.07 |
| Male | 3 (16.7%) | 2 (11.1%) | - | - | - | 1 (5.5%) | 6 (33.3%) | |
MR: Mitral valve regurgitation; TR: Tricuspid valve regurgitation; AI: Aortic insufficiency; Statistical analysis was performed using Fisher’s exact test. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant.