Table 2.
Echographic Parameters in All Patients and in Patients with No Diastolic Dysfunction
| All Patients | |||
| Variable | Non-DM | DM | P-value |
| (N=232) | (N=116) | ||
| Ejection Fraction (%) | 63.5 ± 5.7 | 63.8± 5.7 | .73 |
| LVMI> 115M, 95F (g/m2), n(%) | 50 (31%) | 28 (33%) | .76 |
| E/A ratio | 1.0 ± 0.4 | 0.9± 0.3 | .04 |
| E/e’ (medial) | 8.5± 2.9 | 9.7± 2.9 | .001 |
| LA Size cm2 | 4.1± 0.6 | 4.1± 0.5 | .96 |
| PASP (mmHg) | 22.7± 4.4 | 23.7± 5 | .13 |
| Diast_dys_gp, n(%) | .79 | ||
| Normal | 128 (55%) | 64 (55%) | |
| Mild | 79 (34%) | 42 (36%) | |
| Moderate/severe | 25 (11%) | 10 (9%) | |
| Patients with no Diastolic Dysfunction | |||
| (N=128) | (N=64) | ||
| Ejection Fraction (%) | 63.1 ± 5.4 | 63.5 ± 4.8 | .64 |
| LVMI> 115M, 95F (g/m2), n(%) | 20 (19%) | 10 (21%) | .84 |
| E/A ratio | 1.2 ± 0.3 | 1.1 ± 0.3 | .13 |
| E/e’ (medial) | 8.2 ± 2.6 | 9.0 ± 2.3 | .06 |
| LA Size cm2 | 4.0 ± 0.6 | 4.0 ± 0.5 | .53 |
| PASP (mmHg) | 22.3 ± 4.1 | 23.8 ± 4.5 | .09 |
a
A=late transmitral left ventricular inflow during left atrial contraction; E=passive transmitral left ventricular inflow velocity; e’ = tissue Doppler imaging velocity of the medial mitral annulus during passive filling
b
Diast_dys_gp diastolic dysfunction; LA left atrium; LVMI left ventricular mass index; PASP pulmonary artery systolic pressure
c
mmHg millimeters of mercury