Table 5.
Cardiovascular measurements
| Electrocardiography: heart | Median | IQR |
| Left ventricle | ||
| LVED index, mm/m2 (n=132) | 24.32 | 22.53–26.11 |
| LVESD index, mm/m2 (n=132) | 16.01 | 14.41–17.74 |
| IVS index, mm/m2 (n=132) | 5.15 | 4.60–5.89 |
| LVPW index, mm/m2 (n=132) | 4.81 | 4.26–5.40 |
| LV EDV index, mL/m2 (n=128) | 51.45 | 42.26–57.54 |
| LV ESV index, mL/m2 (n=129) | 19.72 | 16.36–24.17 |
| LVM index g/m2 (n=132) | 79.70 | 68.34–94.88 |
| Left atrium | ||
| LA, mm/m2 (n=132) | 17.40 | 16.13–19.36 |
| LA, volume mL/m2 (n=132) | 17.09 | 12.85–20.30 |
| Systolic and diastolic function | ||
| Simpsons EF, % (n=130) | 59 | 55–65 |
| Mitral inflow E/A ratio (n=130) | 1.35 | 1.15–1.59 |
| Mitral flow deceleration, ms (n=131) | 172 | 150–200 |
| Right ventricle echocardiography | ||
| RV base index, mm/m2 (n=132) | 19.21 | 17.33–21.51 |
| TAPSE, mm (n=124) | 19 | 17–22 |
| Carotid intima-media thickness | ||
| Mean-mean CCA-IMT, mm (n=217) | 0.529 | 0.493–0.596 |
| Mean-max CCA-IMT, mm (n=217) | 0.608 | 0.554–0.685 |
| Max bulb IMT, mm (n=216) | 0.668 | 0.570–0.830 |
| Electrocardiography: heart | Frequency | Percentage* |
| Pulmonary valve (n=131) | ||
| Normal | 96 | 73.3 |
| Mild PR | 35 | 26.7 |
| Tricuspid valve (n=132) | ||
| Normal | 93 | 70.5 |
| Mild TR | 39 | 29.5 |
| Aortic valve (n=132) | ||
| Normal | 131 | 99.2 |
| Mild AR | 1 | 0.8 |
| Mitral valve (n=132) | ||
| Normal | 108 | 81.8 |
| Mild MR | 24 | 18.2 |
| LVH echo (n=132) | ||
| <115 g/m2 | 122 | 92.4 |
| ≥115 g/m2 | 10 | 7.6 |
| ECG | Frequency | Percentage* |
| Cornell criterium (n=555) | ||
| <2.8 mV | 532 | 95.6 |
| ≥2.8 mV | 23 | 4.1 |
| Cornell product mV (n=547) | ||
| <244 mVms | 518 | 94.7 |
| ≥244 mVms | 29 | 5.3 |
| Sokolow-Lyon criterium (n=581) | ||
| <3.5 mV | 395 | 68.0 |
| ≥3.5 mV | 186 | 32.0 |
| Carotid intima-media thickness | ||
| Plaque (CCA-IMT >1.0 mm) (n=216) | 9 | 4.2 |
| QTC interval (n=484) | ||
| <450 ms | 470 | 97.1 |
| 450–500 ms | 14 | 2.9 |
| >500 ms | 0 | 0.0 |
*Percentages may not add up to 100% as some subcharacteristics were not mutually exclusive.
AR, aortic valve regurgitation; CCA-IMT, common carotid artery intima-media thickness; E/A, early diastole/atrial contraction; EDV, end-diastolic volume; EF, ejection fraction; ESV, end-systolic volume; IMT, intima-media thickness; IVS, interventricular septal thickness in end diastole; LA, left atrium; LV, left ventricle; LVED, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVESD, left ventricular end-systolic diameter;LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy; LVM, left ventricular mass; LVPW, left ventricular posterior wall thickness in end diastole;MR, mitral valve regurgitation; n, number; PR, pulmonary valve regurgitation; RV, right ventricle; TAPSE, tricuspid annular plane excursion; TR, tricuspid valve regurgitation.