Table 4.

Serum sST2 levels of patients according to the presence of diastolic dysfunction and cardiovascular risk.

		ST2 (ng/mL)	p
E/e'm	≤8	30.67 ± 22.18	0.03a
	9–12	33.34 ± 27.56	0.002b
	≥13	42.16 ± 39.51	.000c
Diastolic dysfunction	Absent	27.06 ± 12.97	.048d
	Grade 1/mild	30.67 ± 21.06	.016e
	Grade 2/moderate	43.54 ± 17.49	.008f
Diabetes	Absent	32.76 ± 20.61	.002g
	Present	39.16 ± 40.98
Additional CV risk	Moderate	23.66 ± 15.73	.020h
	High	31.58 ± 20.96	.04i
	Very high	40.16 ± 28.03	.026j

^a E/e'm ≤ 8 versus E/e'm = 9–12; ^bE/e'm = 9–12 versus E/e'm ≥ 13; ^cE/e'm ≤ 8 versus E/e'm ≥ 13; ^dabsent versus grade 1; ^egrade 1 versus grade 2; ^fabsent versus grade 2; ^gabsent versus present; ^hmoderate versus high; ⁱhigh versus very high; ^jmoderate versus very high; CV: cardiovascular.