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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2010 Apr 1;105(7):917–921. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.11.025

Table 2.

Echocardiographic characteristics by tertiles of C-reactive protein (mg/L) levels

Variable Tertile 1
<2.7 mg/L
(N=172)		 Tertile 2
2.7 to 10 mg/L
(N=169)		 Tertile 3
> 10 mg/L
(N=173)		 P value*
Wall motion score index, median (25th
75th percentile)		 1.28 (1.00- 1.63) 1.31(1.13- 1.69) 1.25 (1.00- 1.82) 0.122
EF, median (25th- 75th percentile) 57 (48- 63) 55(47- 62) 57(45- 64) 0.077
Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter,
(25th- 75th percentile), mm		 48 (46-52) 50 (46-53) 50 (44-53) 0.781
Left ventricular end-systolic diameter,
(25th- 75th percentile), mm		 33 (29-36) 33 (29-38) 33 (28-39) 0.124
Left ventricular mass index, median
(25th- 75th percentile), g/m2		 99 (82- 118) 95 (80- 115) 103(83-125) 0.459
Diastolic dysfunction moderate/severe,
n (%)		 85 (49) 81(48) 107(62) 0.002
Mitral regurgitation <0.001
   None/mild, n (%) 158 (94) 149 (90) 133 (81)
   Moderate/severe, n (%) 9 (5) 17 (10) 31 (19)
*

From regression models including the logarithm of CRP.