Table 2.

Morpho-functional cardiac abnormalities

	Before n (%)/mean (SD)	After n (%)/mean (SD)	P
Increased LV end diastolic volume	23 (58%)	9 (22%)	0.003
Increased septal thickness	24 (60%)	10 (25%)	0.003
Normal LV geometry	16 (40%)	31 (78%)	0.001
LV hypertrophy or concentric remodeling	24 (60%)	9 (22%)	0.001
LV hypertrophy	10 (25%)	2 (5%)	0.028
Concentric hypertrophy	7 (17%)	2 (5%)	0.157
Eccentric hypertrophy	3 (8%)	0	0.124
LV concentric remodeling	14 (35%)	7 (18%)	0.127
Increased LA area	30 (75%)	14 (35%)	0.001
Diastolic dysfunction	4 (10%)	0	0.124
GLS >-18%	17 (43%)	0	<0.001
Epicardial fat thickness, mm	4.7±1	3.5±0.7	<0.001

LV, left ventricular; LA, left atrial; GLS, global longitudinal strain.