Table 4.

Indices of left ventricle circumferential strain rates (CRS) derived from two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in the age-matched control, pituitary-dependent hyperadrenocorticism (PDH), and adrenal-dependent hyperadrenocorticism (ADH) groups

Variables		CSR S (s −1 )	CSR E (s −1 )	CSR A (s −1 )
Mid antsep	Control	−2.04 ± 0.48	1.37 ± 0.54	0.78 ± 0.27
	PDH	−1.01 ± 0.50†	0.63 ± 0.48†	0.71 ± 0.49
	ADH	−1.35 ± 0.86†	0.91 ± 0.41‡†	0.67 ± 0.36
Mid ant	Control	−2.09 ± 0.78	1.28 ± 0.49	0.83 ± 0.25
	PDH	−1.31 ± 0.54	0.64 ± 0.34†	0.88 ± 0.52
	ADH	−1.58 ± 0.89	0.92 ± 0.55‡†	0.93 ± 0.50
Mid lat	Control	−2.26 ± 0.78	1.61 ± 0.62	0.83 ± 0.30
	PDH	−1.52 ± 0.67	1.21 ± 0.52	0.85 ± 0.56
	ADH	−1.43 ± 0.57†	0.88 ± 0.37†	0.89 ± 0.46
Mid post	Control	−2.58 ± 0.83	1.83 ± 0.65	1.03 ± 0.58
	PDH	−1.67 ± 0.66†	1.48 ± 0.78	0.78 ± 0.67
	ADH	−1.25 ± 0.57‡†	0.89 ± 0.45†	0.75 ± 0.43
Mid inf	Control	−2.39 ± 0.88	1.85 ± 0.52	1.02 ± 0.46
	PDH	−1.70 ± 0.68	1.06 ± 0.42	0.92 ± 0.49
	ADH	−1.01 ± 0.49†	0.75 ± 0.45†	0.59 ± 0.38
Mid sep	Control	−2.06 ± 0.56	1.59 ± 0.52	0.77 ± 0.27
	PDH	−1.34 ± 0.72†	0.90 ± 0.42†	0.78 ± 0.50
	ADH	−1.05 ± 0.52‡†	0.92 ± 0.27‡†	0.48 ± 0.37

A: late diastole; Ant: anterior left ventricular wall; Antsep: anterior septal wall; E: early diastole; Inf: inferior left ventricular wall; Lat: lateral left ventricular wall; Mid: middle; Post: posterior left ventricular wall; S: peak systole; Sep: ventricular septum.

^† P < 0.05 relative to controls; ^‡ P < 0.05 relative to PDH.