Table II.

Baseline echocardiographic characteristics

Variable	Group I Patients without MeS (mean ± SD) (33 patients)	Group II Patients with MeS (mean ± SD) (36 patients)	P-value
Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter [mm]	47 ±6	47 ±4	0.82
Left ventricular end-systolic diameter [mm]	33 ±5	33 ±4	0.94
Left atrial diameter [mm]	40 ±4	41 ±4	0.21
Right ventricular diameter [mm]	26 ±3	26 ±3	0.63
Left ventricular end-systolic volume [ml]	68 ±16	68 ±12	0.83
Left ventricular end-diastolic volume [ml]	127 ±19	128 ±22	0.81
EF (%) (Simpson method)	43 ±8	44 ±8	0.15
2-dimensional strain	14.1 ±8	13.2 ±7	0.57

EF – ejection fraction.