Table 2.

The echocardiographic parameters and arterial stiffness variables

The data are given as mean ± SD.

LVIDD: left ventricular internal diastolic dimension, LVISD: left ventricular internal systolic dimension, LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction, LVMI: left ventricular mass index, LAVI: left atrial volume index, E: early diastolic mitral inflow velocity, A: late diastolic mitral inflow velocity, DT: deceleration time, e': early diastolic tissue velocity, A': late diastolic tissue velocity, S': systolic septal tissue velocity, Ep: pressure-strain elasticity modulus, IMT: intima media thickness