Table 2.

Echocardiographic measurements

	All (n=960)	Low-parity group, parity <3 (n=302)	Multiparity group, parity ≥3 (n=658)	P value
Left ventricular end-diastolic dimension, mm	47.3±5.0	46.3±4.0	47.7±5.4	<0.001
Left ventricular end-systolic dimension, mm	30.2±6.4	29.1±5.2	30.7±6.8	0.002
Interventricular septum thickness, mm	9.3±1.6	9.1±1.5	9.3±1.7	0.008
Posterior wall thickness, mm	9.3±4.3	9.1±4.8	9.4±4.0	<0.001
Left ventricular ejection fraction, %	59.3±9.8	61.0±9.0	58.6±10.0	0.004
Left ventricular mass index, g/m2	101.8±34.8	95.8±29.3	105.0±37.1	0.001
Left atrial dimension, mm	37.6±6.3	35.9±5.9	38.4±6.3	<0.001
E, cm/s	66.7±20.1	69.1±20.1	65.7±20.0	0.019
A, cm/s	77.5±22.8	71.7±19.1	80.2±23.9	<0.001
E/A ratio	1.0±0.6	1.0±0.4	0.9±0.7	<0.001
Deceleration time, ms	212.1±56.1	206.7±60.5	214.5±53.9	0.030
e´ septal, cm/s	5.9±2.1	6.7±2.4	5.5±1.9	<0.001
E/e´ ratio	12.6±6.1	11.4±5.3	13.1±6.4	<0.001
RVSP, mm Hg	32.1±9.6	29.9±8.6	33.0±9.9	<0.001
TR peak velocity, cm/s	2.3±0.3	2.2±0.3	2.3±0.3	0.038
Grade of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction, n (%)				<0.001
Normal	148 (15.4)	77 (33.0)	71 (13.7)
1	518 (54.0)	129 (55.4)	389 (75.2)
2–3	84 (8.8)	27 (11.6)	57 (11.1)

RVSP, right ventricular systolic pressure; TR, tricuspid regurgitation.