Table 2.

Cardiac and Vascular Measurements

Characteristic	Obese	Severe Obesity	P by t Test
n	182	265
LVM index, g/m2.7	35.9 ± 7.20	42.1 ± 9.6	<.001
E/A	2.0 ± 0.06	1.9 ± .5	.592
Ea/Aa lateral	11.5 ± 1.9	11.2 ± 1.9	.150
Ea/Aa_septal	9.8 ± 1.4	10.0 ± 1.6	.096
E/Ea lateral	6.0 ± 1.5	6.6 ± 1.5	.002
E/Ea septal	8.0 ± 1.9	8.2 ± 1.7	.383
Common carotid IMT, mm	0.50 ± 0.09	0.51 ± 0.09	.254
Bulb carotid IMT, mm	0.51 ± 0.10	0.52 ± 0.12	.615
Internal carotid IMT, mm	0.04 ± 0.10	0.43 ± 0.10	.002
Pulse wave velocity, m/s	6.17 ± 1.00	6.7 ± 1.15	<.001
Augmentation Index, %	2.54 ± 11.9	4.87 ± 11.6	.045
Brachial distensibility, mm/mm Hg	5.72 ± 0.98	5.02 ± 0.91	<.001

Obese, BMI ≥100–119% of the 95th percentile; Severe obese, BMI ≥120% of the 95th percentile.

Data are mean and SD.