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. 2018 Mar 27;15(3):e1002541. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002541

Table 3. Echocardiographic characteristics.

Characteristic Multimorbidity group p-Value
Elderly/AF, N = 1,048 Metabolic, N = 1,129 Young, N = 1,759 Ischemic, N = 1,261 Lean diabetic, N = 1,283
LV dimensions            
LV end diastolic dimension, mm 58 (51, 66) 59 (52, 66) 61 (54, 68) 60 (55, 66) 57 (50, 63) <0.001*
LV end systolic dimension, mm 48 (36, 56) 49 (36, 57) 52 (43, 60) 51 (43, 58) 46 (36, 54) <0.001*
LV end diastolic volume, ml 139 (101, 192) 156 (111, 206) 174 (132, 223) 164 (128, 207) 137 (102, 179) <0.001*
LV end systolic volume, ml 92 (52, 137) 104 (56, 151) 124 (84, 170) 115 (84, 154) 90 (55, 130) <0.001*
LV end diastolic volume indexed to BSA, ml/m2 88 (64, 116) 86 (63, 111) 101 (79, 128) 97 (76, 122) 79 (61, 103) <0.001*
LV end systolic volume indexed to BSA, ml/m2 60 (36, 83) 60 (39, 81) 72 (50, 97) 69 (50, 90) 53 (34, 74) <0.001*
IVSD, mm 9.6 (8.0, 11.0) 10.0 (8.4, 12.0) 9.0 (8.0, 10.0) 9.0 (7.7, 10.0) 10.0 (8.2, 12.0) <0.001*
PWTD, mm 9.5 (8.0, 11.0) 10.0 (9.0, 11.5) 9.0 (8.0, 10.0) 9.0 (8.0, 10.0) 10.0 (8.0, 11.0) <0.001*
Relative wall thickness 0.32 (0.26, 0.40) 0.34 (0.28, 0.42) 0.30 (0.25, 0.36) 0.31 (0.26, 0.36) 0.34 (0.28, 0.43) <0.001*
LV mass, g 213 (164, 276) 228 (180, 297) 225 (175, 283) 211 (174, 258) 210 (167, 264) <0.001*
LV mass indexed to BSA, g/m2 132 (104, 165) 128 (100, 161) 130 (104, 164) 126 (102, 152) 122 (98, 152) <0.001*
LV hypertrophy 555 (70.3%) 536 (67.4%) 919 (70.6%) 604 (63.7%) 565 (63.0%) <0.001*
Concentric remodeling 183 (21.6%) 236 (26.1%) 173 (12.6%) 124 (12.4%) 263 (27.2%) <0.001*
Systolic function            
LV ejection fraction, percent 31 (24, 39) 31 (23, 39) 29 (23, 36) 30 (23, 35) 32 (25, 39) <0.001*
Diastolic function            
E wave, cm/s 81 (61, 103) 81 (62, 100) 75 (56, 96) 80 (61, 99) 88 (68, 108) <0.001*
A wave, cm/s 62 (39, 83) 66 (40, 87) 59 (40, 77) 56 (35, 80) 69 (40, 87) <0.001*
E′ medial, cm/s 4.8 (3.6, 6.0) 4.0 (3.3, 5.6) 4.6 (3.6, 6.0) 4.0 (3.0, 5.0) 4.0 (3.0, 5.0) <0.001*
E/e′ ratio 17.1 (12.5, 23.6) 17.8 (13.4, 25.0) 15.5 (11.7, 21.2) 19.6 (14.3, 27.4) 20.3 (15.1, 27.3) <0.001*
E/a′ ratio 1.1 (0.7, 2.2) 1.2 (0.8, 2.2) 1.2 (0.8, 2.1) 1.5 (0.8, 2.6) 1.3 (0.8, 2.4) <0.001*
LA dimensions            
LA volume, ml 80 (57, 110) 63 (41, 87) 57 (37, 83) 57 (38, 81) 67 (48, 89) <0.001*
LA volume indexed to BSA, ml/m2 50 (33, 66) 35 (23, 49) 34 (20, 49) 33 (23, 46) 39 (28, 51) <0.001*

Data given as median (IQR) or number (percent).

*Significant after Benjamini–Hochberg correction using a false discovery rate of 0.05.

BSA, body surface area; IVSD, interventricular septal thickness in diastole; LA, left atrial; LV, left ventricle; PWTD, posterior wall thickness in diastole.