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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2016 Dec 7;135(5):426–439. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.024825

Table 2.

Percentile limits for the distribution of measures of LV diastolic function among the low risk reference sub-group (n=401).

10%-ile (95% CI) 50%-ile (95% CI) 90%-ile (95% CI)

TDI e’septal(cm/sec)
Overall 4.6 (4.5 – 4.7) 6.0 (5.8 – 6.2) 8.1 (7.8 – 8.4)
Female 4.5 (4.3 – 4.7) 5.9 (5.7 – 6.1) 8.4 (8.0 – 8.8)
Male 4.6 (4.4 – 4.8) 6.1 (5.8 – 6.4) 7.8 (7.3 – 8.3)
TDI e’lateral(cm/sec)
Overall 5.2 (5.0 – 5.4) 7.3 (7.1 – 7.5) 9.9 (9.5 – 10.3)
Female 5.1 (4.8 – 5.4) 7.2 (6.9 – 7.5) 9.9 (9.4 – 10.4)
Male 5.4 (5.0 – 5.8) 7.7 (7.3 – 8.1) 9.9 (9.2 – 10.6)
E/e’septal
Overall 7.2 (6.9 – 7.5) 10.5 (10.1 – 10.9) 14.4 (13.6 – 15.2)
Female 7.3 (6.9 – 7.7) 11.0 (10.6 – 11.4) 15.1 (14.2 – 16.0)
Male 7.2 (6.6 – 7.8) 9.7 (9.1 – 10.3) 13.3 (12.0 – 14.6)
E/e’lateral
Overall 6.1 (5.8 – 6.4) 8.7 (8.3 – 9.1) 12.7 (12.0 – 13.4)
Female 6.3 (5.9 – 6.7) 9.1 (8.7 – 9.5) 13.3 (12.5 – 14.1)
Male 5.4 (4.9 – 5.9) 8.0 (7.4 – 8.6) 11.5 (10.4 – 12.6)
LA A-P dimension (cm)
Overall 2.78 (2.70 – 2.86) 3.25 (3.19 – 3.31) 3.83 (3.76 – 3.90)
Female 2.72 (2.65 – 2.79) 3.18 (3.12 – 3.24) 3.69 (3.61 – 3.77)
Male 2.99 (2.89 – 3.09) 3.42 (3.33 – 3.51) 3.96 (3.85 – 4.07)
LAVi (ml/m2)
Overall 15.2 (14.4 – 16.0) 22.0 (21.4 – 22.6) 30.2 (29.2 – 31.3)
Female 15.0 (13.9 – 16.1) 21.5 (20.7 – 22.3) 29.9 (28.2 – 31.5)
Male 16.5 (14.9 – 18.1) 23.7 (22.6 – 24.8) 31.1 (28.8 – 33.4)

10th-, 50th-, and 90th-percentile values with associated 95% confidence intervals are derived from quantile regression models in the low risk reference sub-group, overall and separately by sex. Race was not significantly associated with percentile limits independently of sex.