Table 4.

Radial 2D speckle tracking-strain values

	Segment	Obese (n:38)	Control (n:31)	P
Radial Strain	Anteroseptal	36.09±13.90	38.72±17.96	0.495
	Anterior	37.40±18.15	43.05±20.76	0.232
	Lateral	41.46±19.92	46.24±21.30	0.340
	Posterior	44.54±21.44	48.47±19.50	0.433
	Inferior	47.73±18.57	45.52±16.72	0.609
	Septal	44.30±16.32	40.21±16.15	0.302
Global radial strain		41.92±16.11	43.70±16.03	0.646

Data are presented as the mean value±SD

*Student t-test, p<0.05 considered statistically significant