Table 8.

Magnitudes of Strain Per Age Tertile

	1.5T			3.0T
Parameter	1st tertile (<35 y)	2nd tertile (35–55 y)	3rd tertile (>55y)	1st tertile (<35 y)	2nd tertile (35–55 y)	3rd tertile (>55y)
Ecc*	n = 31	n = 27	n = 26	n = 31	n = 30	n = 26
Global (%)	−19.4	−19.4	−19.3	−18.7	−18.6	−18.4
Anterior (%)	−18.1	−17.9	−17.9	−17.6	−17.5	−17.5
Antero‐septal (%)	−21.0	−20.9	−20.8	−19.7	−19.7	−19.8
Infero‐septal (%)	−21.5	−21.6	−20.6	−20.2	−20.4	−20.1
Inferior (%)	−22.0	−21.9	−21.8	−21.1	−21.0	−20.7
Infero‐lateral (%)	−19.7	−19.4	−19.5	−20.1	−20.0	−19.5
Antero‐lateral (%)	−16.7	−16.6	−16.7	−15.7	−15.7	−15.4
Ell*	n = 12	n = 11	n = 11	n = 30	n = 30	n = 22
Global (%)	−11.4	−12.3	−12.2	−12.3	−11.3	−11.0
Basal‐septal (%)	−9.8	−9.7	−9.5	−9.8	−9.6	−9.3
Mid‐septal (%)	−12.2	−12.9	−12.8	−12.8	−12.0	−11.6
Apico‐septal (%)	−15.7	−14.9	−14.7	−15.1	−15.7	−15.6
Basal‐lateral (%)	−14.0	−14.6	−14.7	−14.6	−14.1	−14.0
Mid‐lateral (%)	−12.8	−14.6	−14.5	−14.3	−13.0	−12.4
Apico‐lateral (%)	−13.7	−14.3	−14.5	−14.2	−13.4	−13.6

E_cc: circumferential strain; E_ll: longitudinal strain.