Table 5.
Comparison between patients with grade I diastolic dysfunction in both groups as regards to diastolic parameters before and after training.
| Variables | E/A ratio (grade I) |
p Value # | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control group (7) | Training group (11) | ||
| E-wave(cm/s) before intervention | |||
| Median | 49 | 42.2 | 0.8914 a |
| 25%th quartile | 40 | 38.6 | |
| 75%th quartile | 53.3 | 65.1 | |
| E-wave after | |||
| Median | 36 | 62.2 | 0.0031 b |
| 25%th quartile | 35.6 | 43 | |
| 75%th quartile | 45 | 93.2 | |
| Percent of change in E wave | |||
| Median | −12.62 | 43.16 | 0.0203 b |
| 25%th quartile | −33.2 | 38.26 | |
| 75%th quartile | 12.5 | 47.85 | |
| A-wave(cm/s) before intervention | |||
| Median | 73 | 83.7 | 0.2956 a |
| 25%th quartile | 65.3 | 80 | |
| 75%th quartile | 101 | 96.4 | |
| A-wave after | |||
| Median | 73 | 56 | 0.0018 b |
| 25%th quartile | 70 | 51.5 | |
| 75%th quartile | 81 | 70 | |
| Percent of change in A wave | |||
| Median | −0.46 | −27.39 | 0.0159 b |
| 25%th quartile | −26.73 | −38.47 | |
| 75%th quartile | 0.282 | −26.49 | |
| E/A ratio before intervention | |||
| Median | 0.564 | 0.528 | 0.6823 a |
| 25%th quartile | 0.528 | 0.447 | |
| 75%th quartile | 0.685 | 0.778 | |
| E/A ratio after | |||
| Median | 0.493 | 0.982 | 0.0017 b |
| 25%th quartile | 0.481 | 0.635 | |
| 75%th quartile | 0.634 | 1.81 | |
| Percent of change in E/A ratio | |||
| Median | −8.84 | 107.69 | 0.0004 b |
| 25%th quartile | −12.5 | 40.97 | |
| 75%th quartile | 10.58 | 132.67 | |
Wicoxon rank test
# Mann–Whitney test.