Table 1.
Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of the study population.
| DM1 patients |
Control group |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patients (n) | 50 | 50 | |
| Age (years) | 44 ± 5 | 44 ± 5 | n.s. |
| BMI (Kg/m2) | 21 ± 4 | 20 ± 5 | 0.2 |
| Sex (male/female) | 29/21 | 29/21 | |
| SBP (mmHg) | 120.5 ± 11 | 119 ± 13 | 0.5 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 71.7 ± 6 | 68.5 ± 9 | 0.3 |
| HR (bpm) | 75.8 ± 4.2 | 74.9 ± 5.5 | 0.3 |
| PR interval (ms) | 188 ± 11 | 179 ± 18 | 0.2 |
| QRS duration (ms) | 92 ± 13 | 95 ± 10 | 0.3 |
| EF (%) | 60.4 ± 7.1 | 62.6 ± 4.2 | 0.2 |
| SF (%) | 33.3 ± 5.2 | 33.8 ± 4.3 | 0.3 |
| LVEDD (mm) | 43.5 ± 8.2 | 43.3 ± 6.4 | 0.2 |
| LVESD (mm) | 25.3 ± 3.1 | 26.3 ± 2.7 | 0.4 |
| IVSEDT (mm) | 8.7 ± 1.5 | 9 ± 1.2 | 0.5 |
| LVPWEDT (mm) | 9.7 ± 1.3 | 8.9 ± 1.8 | 0.3 |
| LVM/H 2.7 (g/m 2.7) | 35.5 ± 9 | 32.4 ± 8 | 0.2 |
| E wave (cm/s) | 78.3 ± 11.3 | 80.3 ± 14.5 | 0.2 |
| A wave (cm/s) | 56.4 ± 7.3 | 57.5 ± 8.5 | 0.4 |
| E/A ratio | 1.4 ± 0.5 | 1.5 ± 0.6 | 0.3 |
BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; HR: heart rate; EF: ejection fraction; SF: shortening fraction; LVEDD: left ventricular end diastolic diameter; LVESD: left ventricular end systolic diameter; IVSEDT: interventricular septal end diastolic thickness; LVPWEDT: left ventricular posterior wall end diastolic thickness; LVM/H: left ventricular mass/height.