Table 3. Left ventricular deformation and fibrosis in obese subjects with normal and impaired glucose tolerance.

		Normal glucose tolerance (n = 38)	Abnormal glucose tolerance (n = 14)	p
Longitudinal deformation	Strain (%)	15.8±2.7	15.1±3.7	0.43
	SRs (/s)	0.78±0.13	0.75±0.18	0.48
	SRe (/s)	1.23±0.26	1.20±0.36	0.72
	SRa (/s)	0.52±0.10	0.53±0.13	0.77
Circumferential deformation	Strain (%)	14.1±3.5	13.9±3.3	0.84
	SRs (/s)	0.80±0.18	0.80±0.18	0.95
	SRe (/s)	1.07±0.34	1.11±0.38	0.76
	SRa (/s)	0.35±0.14	0.34±0.11	0.87
Radial deformation	Strain (%)	40.6±14.8	33.3±11.2	0.10
	SRs (/s)	1.75±0.37	1.66±0.27	0.40
	SRe (/s)	2.20±0.61	2.14±0.43	0.73
	SRa (/s)	1.19±0.46	1.23±0.47	0.80
Myocardial Fibrosis	cIB	-18.5±5.5	-19.3±6.4	0.67

Abbreviations: cIB, calibrated integrated backscatter, SRa, late diastolic strain rate, SRe, early diastolic strain rate, SRs, systolic strain rate