Table 2.

Strain measurements of transplant recipients compared to normal controls

	Normal Controls (N=142)	Baseline (N=63)		1 year (N=68)		3 years (N=51)		5 years (N=36)
Circumferential Strain			p-value*		p-value*		p-value*		p-value*
Global circumferential strain	−24.27 (−21.91, −28.03)	−27.3 (−23.87, −30.01)	0.005	−23.64 (−19.96, −26.79)	0.241	−22.51 (−20.86, −26.87)	0.252	−24.36 (−21.41, −28.43)	0.949
Average circumferential strain rate	−1.45 (−1.25, −1.65)	−1.74 (−1.47, −1.98)	<0.001	−1.43 (−1.16, −1.67)	0.166	−1.43 (−1.19, −1.56)	0.160	−1.35 (−1.2, −1.61)	0.136
Peak diastolic circumferential strain rate	1.51 (1.29, 1.71)	1.69 (1.38, 2.06)	0.002	1.55 (1.38, 1.85)	0.145	1.55 (1.29, 1.85)	0.277	1.62 (1.31, 1.82)	0.271
Longitudinal Strain
Global longitudinal strain	−19.18 (−17.31, −21.61)	−14.59 (−11.11, −17.59)	<0.001	−18.15 (−16.12, −21.67)	0.272	−19.44 (−16.19, −21.63)	0.825	−19.04 (−16.06, −21.57)	0.900
Average longitudinal strain rate	−1.03 (−0.9, −1.26)	−0.84 (−0.7, −1.09)	<0.001	−1.06 (−0.93, −1.24)	0.679	−0.95 (−0.86, −1.17)	0.062	−1.07 (−0.86, −1.29)	0.965
Peak diastolic longitudinal strain rate	1.25 (1.05, 1.47)	0.98 (0.69, 1.24)	<0.001	1.32 (1.09, 1.58)	0.209	1.39 (1.04, 1.62)	0.272	1.33 (1.12, 1.6)	0.184

^*p-values from the Wilcoxon Rank Sum test for pairwise comparison of each time point with the normal control group

Data expressed as median (25%, 75%)