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Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2009 Oct;158(4):673–679. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.07.021

Table II.

Comparison of the resting and exercise echocardiographic characteristics of the groups with detectable cTnT and undetectable cTnT

	Undetectable cTnTb 0.01 ng/mL (n = 929)	Detectable cTnT =0.01 ng/mL (n = 58)	P
LV ejection fraction, % (mean ± SD)	62 ± 10	56 ± 11	<.001
Moderate to severe diastolic dysfunction, n (%)	89/873 (10.2)	13/52 (25.0)	<.001
LV mass index, g/m² (mean ± SD)	97 ± 25	133 ± 35	<.001
LV end-diastolic volume index, mL/m² (mean ± SD)	51 ± 18	64 ± 25	<.001
LV end-systolic volume index, mL/m² (mean ± SD)	20 ± 13	30 ± 19	<.001
Pulmonary arterial systolic pressure, mm Hg (mean ± SD)	27 ± 13	31 ± 14	.03
Resting wall motion abnormalities, n (%)	274/923 (29.7)	30/56 (53.6)	<.001
Exercise inducible ischemia, n (%)	199 (23.3)	18 (37.5)	.03
Exercise capacity (METs) (mean ± SD)	7 ± 3	5 ± 2	<.001