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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Jan 21;75(2):148–158. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.10.058

TABLE 6.

Echocardiographic Measures by VTE Status in Participants Without Baseline Heart Failure (ARIC, 2011 to 2015)

Number Out of 5,438 With Measure No Incident VTE (n = 5,352) Incident VTE (n = 86) p Value
LV diastolic diameter, cm 5,397 4.4 ± 0.5 4.4 ± 0.6 0.58
LVEF, % 5,271 65.6 ± 6.1 64.7 ± 6.1 0.15
LVEF category (<59% M, <57% W) 5,271 431 (8) 11 (13) 0.11
LV mass index, g/m2 5,396 78.3 ± 18.8 82.5 ± 22.1 0.09
LV relative wall thickness 5,397 0.43 ± 0.1 0.46 ± 0.1 0.03
Mean LV wall thickness, cm 5,410 0.98 ± 0.1 1.03 ± 0.2 0.01
RV diastolic area, cm2 4,969 19.5 ± 5.2 19.2 ± 4.7 0.55
RV systolic area, cm2 4,969 9.3 ± 2.9 9.0 ± 2.5 0.30
RV fractional area change 4,969 0.52 ± 0.1 0.53 ± 0.1 0.69
LAVI, ml/m2 5,385 25.5 ± 8.4 27.9 ± 9.2 0.008
LAVI category (>31 ml/m2 M, >30 ml/m2 W) 5,385 1,154 (22) 26 (31) 0.05
LAD, cm 5,411 3.52 ± 0.5 3.58 ± 0.6 0.25
LAD category (>4.0 cm M, >3.7 cm W) 5,411 1,314 (25) 30 (35) 0.02
E/A ratio 5,261 0.86 ± 0.3 0.87 ± 0.4 0.73
E/E′ lateral ratio, cm/s 5,408 10.1 ± 3.8 10.8 ± 4.7 0.17
Lateral e/e′ ratio category (>11.5 M, >13.3 W) 5,408 1,041 (20) 15 (18) 0.66
Tricuspid regurgitation velocity, cm/s 3,141 2.38 ± 0.3 2.42 ± 0.3 0.35
Peak RV-RA gradient, mm Hg 3,141 23.0 ± 5.7 23.8 ± 6.5 0.32
Pulmonary vascular resistance, Wood units 3,128 1.8 ± 0.4 1.8 ± 0.5 0.42
Pulmonary HTN, moderate or greater 5,438 29 (0.54) 1 (1.2) 0.53
Septal e′, cm/s 5,422 5.71 ± 1.5 5.48 ± 1.4 0.16
Septal E/e′, cm/s 5,262 9.44 ± 1.9 9.24 ± 2.1 0.33
Longitudinal strain, % (absolute value) 5,099 18.1 ± 2.4 17.6 ± 2.7 0.05
Circumferential strain, % (absolute value) 4,012 28.0 ± 3.7 26.8 ± 4.7 0.07

Values are mean ± SD or n (%), unless otherwise indicated.

HTN = hypertension; LAD = left atrial diameter; LAVI = left atrial volume index; LV = left ventricular; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction; M = men; RA = right atrial; RV = right ventricular; W = women; other abbreviations as in Tables 1 and 2.