Table 2. Echocardiographic study results of stable hemodialysis patients.
| Total (n = 75) | IL-18 <654.2 pg/ml (n = 38) | IL-18 ≥654.2 pg/ml (n = 37) | p ★ | |
| Traditional parameters | ||||
| LV EDVi (ml/m2)‡ | 73.6±25.8 | 72.4±23.6 | 74.5±27.7 | 0.78 |
| LV mass index (gm/m2)‡ | 153.2±58.1 | 153.5±61.3 | 152.8±49.5 | 0.46 |
| LV EF (%)‡ | 62.9±8.8 | 63.6±8.6 | 62.1±9.1 | 0.68 |
| E velocity (cm/sec) | 80.0±29.6 | 74.8±27.7 | 85.8±31.0 | 0.13 |
| E/A | 0.82±0.40 | 0.87±0.50 | 0.75±0.22 | 0.19 |
| LAVi (ml/m2) | 34.8±8.1 | 32.9±8.3 | 36.3±7.8 | 0.16 |
| IVCe diameter (cm) | 1.27±0.31 | 1.26±0.26 | 1.29±0.36 | 0.70 |
| Tissue Doppler imaging parameters | ||||
| s′ (cm/sec) | 8.3±2.2 | 8.5±2.2 | 8.0±2.2 | 0.32 |
| Average e′ (cm/sec) | 4.8±1.4 | 4.8±1.3 | 4.8±1.4 | 0.88 |
| Average E/e′ | 17.5±9.1 | 17.0±10.5 | 18.1±7.4 | 0.63 |
| Two-dimensional strain analysis | ||||
| GLS (%) | −17.8±3.9 | −18.7±4.1 | −16.8±3.4 | 0.03 |
| LSRs (sec−1) | −0.97±0.22 | −1.00±0.22 | −0.92±0.22 | 0.13 |
| Circumferential strain (%) | −20.6±6.3 | −22.1±6.2 | −18.8±6.0 | 0.03 |
| CSRs (sec−1) | −1.90±0.65 | −1.91±0.49 | −1.88±0.80 | 0.85 |
Abbreviations: CSRs, systolic circumferential strain rate; EDVi, end-diastolic volume index; EF, ejection fraction; E/e′, early transmitral velocity to tissue Doppler mitral annular early diastolic velocity ratio; GLS, global left ventricular peak systolic longitudinal strain; IVCe, end-expiratory inferior vena cava diameter; LAVi, left atrial volume index; LSRs, systolic longitudinal strain rate; LV, left ventricular; s′, peak systolic mitral annular velocity.
Data are expressed as mean ± SD.
‡
Non-normal distributed continuous data.
★ p value by Student's t-test for normal distributed continuous data and nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test for non-normal distributed continuous data.