Table 3.
Mean values and SD of exercise and echocardiographic data of the studied SLE subgroups
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| <10 years | p1 | >10 years | p2 | p3 | ||
| Exercise data: | ||||||
| Time: | 12.4±1.1 | >0.05 | 12.4±2.3 | >0.05 | 12.6±3.5 | >0.05 |
| METs: | 8.5±0.9 | >0.05 | 8.4±1.5 | >0.05 | 8.6±1.7 | >0.05 |
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| Systolic unction: | ||||||
| EF% (LV) | 62±2.8 | >0.05 | 63.5±2.3 | >0.05 | 64.2±14.6 | >0.05 |
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| Diastolic function: | ||||||
| Mitral PWD: | ||||||
| E | 75.8±11.9 | >0.05 | 80.9±17.9 | >0.05 | 80.4±14.1 | >0.05 |
| A | 71.5±12.1 | >0.05 | 72.2±15.8 | <0.05 | 50.3±11.4 | <0.05 |
| E/A | 1.04±0.3 | >0.05 | 1.08±0.4 | <0.05 | 1.59±0.6 | <0.05 |
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| Mitral lateral TDI: | ||||||
| E′ | 11.3±3.4 | >0.05 | 9.95±4.4 | <0.01 | 19.4±3.1 | <0.01 |
| A′ | 6.9±2.5 | >0.05 | 7.2±3.8 | <0.01 | 10.01±2.3 | <0.01 |
| E′/A′ | 1.45±0.5 | >0.05 | 0.98±0.6 | <0.01 | 1.94±0.4 | <0.01 |
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| Mitral medial TDI: | ||||||
| E′ | 9.07±3.04 | >0.05 | 7.2±3.7 | <0.001 | 12.8±1.9 | <0.05 |
| A′ | 8.14±1.4 | <0.05 | 9.5±3 | >0.05 | 9.39±1.8 | <0.05 |
| E′/A′ | 1.5±0.2 | >0.05 | 1.3±0.3 | >0.05 | 1.36±0.3 | <0.05 |
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| Right ventricle: | ||||||
| R V systolic: | ||||||
| TAPSE: | 20.75±2.9 | <0.05 | 17.7±1.2 | <0.05 | 20.6±0.7 | >0.05 |
| S wave | 11±0.4 | <0.001 | 10.25±0.3 | <0.001 | 12±0.3 | <0.01 |
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| Tricuspid PWD: | ||||||
| E | 60.7±3 | <0.05 | 64.1±3.8 | <0.01 | 59.3±7.9 | <0.05 |
| A | 35.7±3 | <0.05 | 36.1±7.8 | <0.01 | 31±8 | <0.01 |
| E/A | 1.8±0.1 | <0.0001 | 1.9±0.3 | >0.05 | 1.91±0.6 | >0.05 |
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| Tricuspid TDI: | ||||||
| Medial annulus | ||||||
| E′ | 13.5±1.7 | >0.05 | 11.7±2.2 | <0.05 | 14.7±2.9 | <0.05 |
| A′ | 11.1±1.3 | >0.05 | 10.5±3.7 | <0.001 | 12.4±3.5 | <0.05 |
| E′/A′ | 1.2±0.4 | >0.05 | 1.1±0.3 | <0.01 | 1.18±0.34 | <0.001 |
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| Lateral annulus | ||||||
| E′ | 12.7±1.4 | >0.05 | 12.4±2 | <0.05 | 14.5±3.2 | <0.05 |
| A′ | 10.7±1.9 | >0.05 | 9.1±1.4 | <0.05 | 12.5±3.6 | <0.05 |
| E′/A′ | 1.26±0.4 | <0.05 | 1.7±0.3 | <0.05 | 1.16±0.3 | <0.05 |
p1: Ia subgroup versus Ib subgroup; p2: Ib subgroup versus controls; p3: Ia subgroup versus controls; E wave: maximal early diastolic; SW: maximal systolic wave; E/A ratio: early (E) to late (A) ventricular filling velocities; EF: ejection fraction; TAPSE: tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion; PWD: pulsed wave Doppler; TDI: tissue Doppler image