Table 2.

Echocardiographic parameters.

Characteristic	Control healthy subject (n = 23)	Psoriatic subject (n = 17)	Comparison between two groups (P value)
Male sex, N (%)	16 (70)	10 (59)	0.50
Age (years)	48 ± 2	50 ± 3	0.60
LV mass index (g/m2)	84 ± 5	103 ± 5	0.02∗
RWT (cm)	0.4 ± 0	0.5 ± 0	0.01∗∗
E/e′	7 ± 1	8 ± 0	0.80

Values are means + S.E.M. (^∗P < 0.05, ^∗∗P < 0.01 between groups). Comparisons between two groups were carried out by performing the unpaired Student t-test for all variables with the exception of the variable “male sex,” for which Fisher's exact test was performed. LV: left ventricular; RWT: relative wall thickness.