Table 2.

Echocardiographic and arterial stiffness parameters in the patients and controls

	Patients (n = 55)	Controls (n = 42)	p-Value
LVSD (mm)	29.85 ± 3.58	29.76 ± 2.73	0.889
LVDD (mm)	46.09 ± 2.70	46.16 ± 3.12	0.371
EF (%)	62.75 ± 2.81	62.81 ± 2.82	0.918
IVS (mm)	10.40 ± 0.97	10.09 ± 1.10	0.169
PW (mm)	9.89 ± 0.96	9.61 ± 0.99	0.260
LA (mm)	33.98 ± 2.86	34.21 ± 2.99	0.769
E (m/s)	0.67 ± 0.16	0.82 ± 0.14	<0.001
A (m/s)	0.66 ± 0.21	0.65 ± 0.17	0.754
DT	208.24 ± 46.00	193.52 ± 34.67	0.231
E/A	1.11 ± 0.42	1.33 ± 0.34	0.005
S’	0.92 ± 0.23	0.83 ± 0.21	0.053
e’ (cm/s)	1.16 ± 0.36	1.29 ± 0.40	0.219
a’(cm/s)	1.06 ± 0.31	1.15 ± 0.37	0.284
E/e’	6.4 ± 0.33	6.8 ± 0.23	0.116
MPI	0.51 ± 0.09	0.43 ± 0.05	<0.001
Aortic-PWV (m/s)	9.46 ± 1.7	9.09 ± 1.40	0.256
AIx (%)	24.12 ± 11.39	22.26 ± 11.31	0.425
AIx@75 (%)	22.90 ± 10.71	20.78 ± 11.05	0.366
AP	8.54 ± 5.45	7.95 ± 5.36	0.574

LVSD, left ventricular end systolic diameter; LVDD, left ventricular end diastolic diameter; IVS, interventricular diameter.