Table 4.
Left Atrial Linear Dimensions: Prior Studies.
| Author | Year | N |
Mean Age |
Population | LA-PLAX | LASI** | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| men | women | total | men | women | total | |||||
| Triulzi (2D) | 1984 | 84 | 39 | volunteers | - | - | 3.0±0.3 | - | - | 4.1±0.6 |
| Tsang (M-mode) | 2001 | 1655 | - | cross sectional - AF patients excluded | - | - | 4.1±0.8 | - | - | - |
| Schnittger(2D) | 1983 | 35 | 18–60 | - | 2.7–4.5 (3.6)* | - | - | 5.1 (4.1–6.1) | ||
| Gottdiener (M-mode) | 1995 | - | - | VA population | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lauer (M-mode) | 1995 | men=288 women=524 | 20–45 36±10 | “healthy restricted” | 3.8±0.4 (3.0–4.4) | 3.3±0.3 (2.7–4.0) | ||||
| Vasan (M-mode) | 1997 | 1099 | 20–45 | healthy cohort | 4.2–4.5 | 3.7–4.0 | - | - | ||
| Gardin (M-mode) | 1979 | 136 | 20–97 | healthy population | - | - | 2.7–4.2 | - | - | |
| Henry (M-mode) | 1978 | 105 | 1d-23 | normal | 4.3 | |||||
| Manolio | 2002 | 3882 | CHS population>65 | 3.9* | 4.2* | - | ||||
| (2D–directed M-mode) | without heart disease | up to 5.2 | up to 4.8 | |||||||
| Pearlman | 1990 | 72 | NA | hospital employees | 4 | |||||
| Pritchett (2D-directed M-mode) | 2003 | 767 | Olmstead County | up to 4.2 | up to 4.6 | 3.7±0.51 | ||||
| current study (2-D) | 2008 | 230 | 2D | CHS population>65 | 3.4±0.6 (2.5–4.8) | 3.0±0.5 (1.5–4.2) | 4.8±0.7 | 4.6±0.7 | ||
Mean values are reported
*
measurements obtained in the short axis view
**
no prior study gives gender-specific values for this parameter