TABLE 3.

Left ventricular septal wall longitudinal myocardial velocities, peak systolic and diastolic strain rate (s⁻¹), and peak systolic strain (%) values by speckle tracking method in the studied population (Obese Subject: Group 1, Control: Group 2)

Longitudinal function (A4C)		Group 1 (n: 60)	Group 2 (n: 50)	p value
VELsys (sep)	basal (cm/sn)	6.2±1.07	6.2±0.90	0.831
	mid	3.8±0.98	3.7±0.80	0.975
	apical	1.6±0.53	1.7±0.69	0.097
VELE (sep)	basal (cm/sn)	−8.4±1.53	−8.4±1.25	0.893
	mid	−5.6±2.07	−6.0±1.30	0.519
	apical	−2.1±0.77	−2.3±0.92	0.119
VELA (sep)	basal (cm/sn)	−3.3±0.89	−3.5±0.80	0.057
	mid	−2.0±0.68	−2.2±0.67	0.111
	apical	−0.85±0.48	−1.0±0.50	0.051
VEL E/A (sep)	basal	2.8±1.1	2.6±0.65	0.060
	mid	2.7±1.4	2.8±0.87	0.778
	apical	2.9±2.2	2.7±1.63	0.320
Strain (sep)	basal (%)	−15.4±4.39	−20±3.18	<0.01
	mid	−15.8±5.95	−21±2.98	<0.01
	apical	−16.7±5.5	−24.5±4.92	<0.01
SRsys(sep)	basal (s−1)	−0.9±0.23	−1.4±0.41	<0.01
	mid	−0.7±0.22	−1.3±0.32	<0.01
	apical	−0.5±0.21	−1.3±0.44	<0.01
SRE (sep)	basal (s−1)	1.28±0.36	1.4±0.53	0.032
	mid	1.38±0.37	1.5±0.37	0.081
	apical	1.36±0.53	1.7±0.78	0.009
SRA (sep)	basal (s−1)	1.06±0.25	0.8±0.30	<0.01
	mid	1.03±0.35	0.7±0.26	<0.01
	apical	1.0±0.39	0.5±0.3	<0.01
SRE/A (sep)	basal	1.2±0.46	1.9±0.89	<0.01
	mid	1.4±0.52	2.6±1.52	<0.01
	apical	2.6±1.8	2.7±1.63	0.320

Groups were compared by independent t test. Values were expressed as mean±standard deviation.

p<0.05 was accepted as statistically significant. P values less than 0.05 are in bold Sep: septum; SR: strain rate; VELsys: peak systolic myocardial velocity; VEL_E: peak early diastolic velocity; VEL_A: peak late diastolic myocardial velocity; SRsys: peak systolic SR (s⁻¹); SR_E: peak early diastolic SR; SR_A: late diastolic SR