Table 2.
Echocardiographic findings in psoriasis patients and controls.
| Psoriasis (n = 53) |
Controls (n = 99) |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventricular septum thickness at end diastole, cm | 1.0 (0.2) | 1.1 (0.3) | 0.007 |
| LV diameter at end diastole, cm | 4.8 (0.6) | 5.1 (0.5) | 0.005 |
| LV posterior wall thickness at end diastole, cm | 0.9 (0.2) | 0.8 (0.2) | 0.41 |
| LV mass index, g/m2.7 | 36.1 (9.6) | 40.3 (9.8) | 0.01 |
| LV hypertrophy, n (%) | 5 (9) | 14 (14) | 0.40 |
| LV relative wall thickness, ratio | 0.38 (0.9) | 0.34 (0.7) | 0.001 |
| Concentric geometry, n (%) | 13 (25) | 12 (12) | 0.05 |
| Ejection fraction, % | 65 (6) | 62 (5) | <0.001 |
| Left atrial volume, mL/m2 | 15.9 (4.6) | 19.3 (5.1) | <0.001 |
| Dilated left atrium, n (%) | 17 (32) | 63 (64) | <0.001 |
| Any cardiac organ damage, n (%) | 27 (51) | 72 (73) | 0.007 |
LV: Left ventricle.