Table 4.
Strain parameters in Obese adolescents and lean controls
| Obese adolescents n = 39 |
Lean control n = 39 |
P# 1 | P# 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | |||||
| Weight (kg) | 99.36 | 27.98 | 59.91 | 12.82 | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 |
| Global long strain | − 20.98 | 2.83 | − 23.01 | 2.23 | 0.0005 | 0.0045 |
| Average longitudinal strain | − 18.87 | 2.55 | − 20.49 | 2.04 | 0.0027 | 0.0140 |
| Global circumferential strain | − 25.41 | 3.65 | − 26.32 | 9.19 | 0.5690 | 0.5580 |
| Average circumferential strain | − 22.53 | 3.49 | − 23.84 | 8.50 | 0.3780 | 0.3780 |
| Average radial strain SAX | 34.29 | 9.80 | 34.41 | 10.07 | 0.9590 | 0.9540 |
| Average long strain rate 4CH | − 1.02 | 0.21 | − 1.10 | 0.16 | 0.0710 | 0.1080 |
| Average CIRC strain rate SAX | − 1.33 | 0.20 | − 1.45 | 0.30 | 0.0446 | 0.0701 |
SAX short axis view
P value# 1 was calculated from ANOVA test
P value# 2 was calculated from conditional logistic regression