Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of the participants based on fQRS and GLS status

	fQRS			GLS
	- (n = 20)	+ (n = 20)	P value	Normal (n = 26)	reduced (n = 14)	p value
Age (yrs.)	49.55 ± 6.51	51.15 ± 6.64	0.446	49.65 ± 7.25	51.64 ± 4.93	0.366
Gender (male, %)	16 (80)	14 (70)	0.465	18 (69.2)	12 (85.7)	0.251
LVEDV (ml)	83.15 ± 24.85	79.35 ± 20.25	0.599	82.80 ± 23.79	78.35 ± 20.25	0.557
LVESV (ml)	35.20 ± 9.87	32.85 ± 8.41	0.423	34.38 ± 9.88	33.35 ± 7.82	0.739
D-LV diameter(cm)	4.69 ± 0.48	4.65 ± 0.59	0.792	4.65 ± 0.58	4.70 ± 0.43	0.780
S-LV diameter (cm)	3.08 ± 0.41	3.01 ± 0.45	0.612	3.06 ± 0.46	3.01 ± 0.37	0.744
EF (%)	59.20 ± 2.53	59.40 ± 3.2	0.830	59.23 ± 2.80	59.42 ± 3.15	0.840

Data were presented as mean ± sd or n (%) or (%). Normal GLS: > 20%. Reduced GLS: ≤20%. LVEDV left ventricular end-diastolic volume, LVESV left ventricular end-systolic volume, D-LV diameter left ventricular diameter in diastole, S-LV diameter left ventricular diameter in systole, EF ejection fraction