Table 2.

Comparison in echocardiographic indicators ($\overline{x}$ ± s).

	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4	Stage 5
LVDd (d/mm)	42.12 ± 4.23	45.10 ± 5.52Δ	49.43 ± 5.39Δ	49.17 ± 5.13Δ	49.76 ± 4.52Δ
IVST (δ/mm)	11.23 ± 2.14	11.38 ± 2.12	12.91 ± 1.68Δ	11.75 ± 1.19	12.98 ± 2.42Δ
LVPWT (δ/mm)	9.61 ± 0.69	9.20 ± 1.88	11.20 ± 1.49*	11.08 ± 1.64*	11.65 ± 3.46*
LVMI (g/m2)	95.24 ± 28.67	129.2 ± 41.64Δ	149.96 ± 40.88Δ*	150.34 ± 41.78Δ*	149.91 ± 36.87Δ*
EF (%)	0.65 ± 0.06	0.59 ± 0.06Δ	0.65 ± 0.08*	0.60 ± 0.14Δ	0.59 ± 0.11Δ
E/A	0.94 ± 031	0.98 ± 0.42	0.92 ± 0.12*	0.65 ± 0.35Δ*	0.59 ± 0.25Δ*

^Δp < .01 vs. Stage 1.

^*p < .01 vs. Stage 2.