Table 3.

Cardiac troponin T and echocardiographic data of different groups of malnutrition and controls

	cTnT (ng/ml)	LVSD (cm)	EDD (cm)	ESD (cm)	PWD (cm)	LVM (g)	LVMI (g/m2)	FS (%)	EF (%)	E/A
(1) = MI+ MII (19/45)	0.093±0.004	0.41±0.02	2.8±0.71	1.68±0.45	0.39±0.51	22.73±8.86	72.39±1.66	0.52±0.13	45.63±8.05	77.15±8.85
(2) = MIII (19/45)	0.138±0.01	0.39±0.06	2.41±0.53	1.46±0.37	0.39±0.07	17.3±4.96 A	69.93±2.59	0.46±0.13	38.73±6.83 A	71±7.44 A
(3) = KWA + M-KWA (7/45)	0.028±0.018A, B	0.35±0.02 A	2.27±0.55 A	1.4±0.43	0.35±0.018	13.19±4.09 A	45.24±1.93 A	0.45±0.97	30.14±7.53 A, B	64.57±1.72 A
(4) = Controls (25)	0.093±0.006 B, C	0.46±0.05 A, B, C	2.84±0.52 B, C	1.72±0.36 B, C	0.45±0.07 A, B, C	29.89±12.09 A, B, C	64.46±1.25 A, B, C	0.57±0.12 B, C	55.46±2.204 B, C	75.09±8.54 C

cTnT, cardiac troponin T; LVSD, left ventricular septal diameter; EDD, end diastolic diameter of left ventricle; ESD, end systolic diameter of left ventricle; PWD, posterior wall diameter; FS, fractional shortening; EF, ejection fraction; LVM, left ventricular mass; LVMI, left ventricular mass index; E/A ratio, E wave/A wave ratio. Quantitative variables are expressed as mean×standard deviation. ANOVA test was used. *statistically significant result. NS, non-significant result. A = significant result with group 1. B = significant result with group 2. C = significant result with group 3