Table 4.

Speckle Tracking measurements

	Dialysis	Transplant recipients	Healthy controls	Dialysis vs. healthy controlsa		Transplant recipients vs. healthy controlsa		Dialysis vs. transplant recipientsa
Characteristics				Mean difference [95 % CI]	P value	Mean difference [95 % CI]	P value	Mean difference [95 % CI]	P value
Longitudinal strain (%)	n = 19	n = 17	n = 33
Basal septum	−15.2 ± 3.4	−16.8 ± 2.6	−15.4 ± 2.5
Mid septum	−18.9 ± 2.4	−19.5 ± 1.9	−20.1 ± 1.8
Apical septum	−20.2 ± 5.3	−19.6 ± 4.5	−23.0 ± 4.0
Basal lateral	−17.0 ± 5.0	−15.2 ± 5.4	−18.8 ± 5.6
Mid lateral	−15.0 ± 5.4	−15.2 ± 6.0	−19.8 ± 3.3
Apical lateral	−17.0 ± 5.1	−16.8 ± 7.5	20.6 ± 4.9
Mean Longitudinal strain	−16.6 ± 2.8	−16.7 ± 3.4	−19.4 ± 2.1	3.1 [2.0–4.4]	<0.001	2.7 [1.2–4.2]	0.001	0.4 [−1.7 to 2.5]	0.68
Radial strain (%)	n = 16	n = 17	n = 33
Basal septum	18.0 ± 9.8	25.1 ± 14.6	22.6 ± 10.7
Mid septum	19.8 ± 13.9	20.4 ± 13.2	17.9 ± 15.7
Apical septum	27.1 ± 21.0	26.9 ± 16.7	19.1 ± 19.5
Basal lateral	14.6 ± 12.1	21.3 ± 21.7	17.9 ± 10.5
Mid lateral	28.5 ± 21.2	29.6 ± 18.8	24.1 ± 13.8
Apical lateral	37.5 ± 29.3	35.7 ± 18.1	30.6 ± 23.8
Mean radial strain	24.3 (14.5)	26.5 ± 13.3	22.0 ± 12	0.5 [−8.2 to 7.1]	0.88	5.0 [−2.6 to 12.6]	0.19	4.6 [−4.5 to 13.7]	0.31
Circumferential strain (%)	n  = 16	n = 15	n = 33
Basal septum	21.0 ± 6.8	24.2 ± 5.3	21.2 ± 5.2
Mid septum	15.7 ± 5.9	21.5 ± 7.3	17.5 ± 6.0
Apical septum	13.7 ± 6.0	15.5 ± 5.4	15.5 ± 4.9
Basal lateral	21.3 ± 5.0	21.2 ± 4.4	21.8 ± 3.9
Mid lateral	17.0 ± 5.9	16.2 ± 5.0	16.8 ± 6.3
Apical lateral	15.2 ± 7.7	12.5 ± 6.1	14.5 ± 6.5
Mean circumferential strain	17.3 ± 3.4	17.9 ± 4.1	17.4 ± 4.0	0.5 [−1.7 to 2.8]	0.65	0.5 [−1.9 to 2.9]	0.66	1.0 [−1.7 to 3.6]	0.45

Data in table are presented as the mean ± SD, unless indicated otherwise

CI confidence interval

^aAll groups were compared using multiple linear regression analysis to adjust for confounding by body surface area (BSA)