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. 2014 Mar 5;9(3):e89457. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089457

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.