Table 2.

Correlation between left ventricular stiffness and indices of left and right ventricular function.

	Diastolic wall strain				Stiffness index
	Univariate correlation		Multiple regression		Univariate correlation		Multiple regression
	r	p	beta	p	r	p	beta	p
Mitral inflow Doppler indices
E	−0.04	0.66			0.55	<0.001*	0.02	0.57
A	0.07	0.36			0.13	0.10
E/A ratio	−0.08	0.32			0.34	<0.001*	−0.01	0.57
E deceleration time	−0.05	0.56			0.09	0.28
Mitral annular tissue Doppler
e	0.31	<0.001*	−0.03	0.78	−0.60	<0.001*	0.03	0.52
a	0.16	0.045*	0.05	0.54	−0.30	<0.001*	−0.04	0.26
e/a	0.10	0.22			−0.19	0.02*	−0.05	0.15
E/e ratio	−0.30	<0.001*	−0.26	0.008*	0.90	<0.001*	0.80	<0.001*
LV longitudinal diastolic deformation
SRe	0.33	<0.001*	0.16	0.11	0.02	0.83
SRa	0.20	0.01*	0.01	0.90	−0.13	0.11
2D echocardiographic measurements
Indexed RV EDA	−0.31	<0.001*	−0.20	0.02*	0.32	<0.001*	0.43	0.004*
RV FAC	0.24	0.003*	0.18	0.01*	0.01	0.88
LVEDd	0.11	0.16			−0.64	<0.001*	−0.40	<0.001*

Abbreviation as in Table 1. *Statistically significant.