Table 3.

Tissue Doppler imaging data of the studied groups^*

	Diabetic group	Control subjects	P value
Right ventricular basal segment Sm (cm/s)	12.0±1.9	13.4±2.1	0.03
Right ventricular basal segment Em (cm/s)	8.5±2.1	11.6±2.4	< 0.01
Right ventricular basal segment Am (cm/s)	12.6±2.7	14.7±3.3	0.03
Myocardial performance index	0.42±0.11	0.40±0.09	0.72
Acceleration time of the isovolumetric contraction time (ms)	37.8±8.4	35.4±8.4	0.45
E/Em ratio	0.05±0.01	0.04±0.01	< 0.01

^*Data are presented as mean±SD

Sm, Peak myocardial systolic velocity; Em, Peak early diastolic velocity; Am, Peak late diastolic velocity; E, Peak late diastolic flow velocity