Table 3. Comparison of three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography-derived left ventricular regional strain parameters between hypopituitary patients and controls.

Parameters	Controls (n=30)	Treated patients with hypopituitarism (n=32)	Treated patients with congenital hypopituitarism (n=16)	Treated patients with acquired hypopituitarism (n=16)
RS basal (%)	36.7±14.7	32.6±16.0	32.0±14.9	33.1±17.5
RS mid (%)	30.9±12.7	30.2±14.0	27.6±11.7	32.8±16.0
RS apex (%)	16.9±8.2	25.7±12.6*	27.1±12.6*	24.3±12.9
CS basal %)	−27.0±5.9	−24.6±6.0	−25.3±5.1	−23.9±7.0
CS mid (%)	−28.7±7.4	−28.1±6.2	−28.3±6.4	−27.8±6.3
CS apex (%)	−28.1±11.0	−36.0±14.0*	−38.1±13.2*	−33.9±14.9
LS basal (%)	−20.8±5.4	−23.6±4.0*	−24.1±2.7*	−23.1±5.1
LS mid %)	−13.4±4.5	−17.3±4.4*	−16.3±3.9*	−18.4±4.7*
LS apex (%)	−14.7±5.8	−20.8±7.9*	−22.1±8.8*	−19.4±6.9*
3DS basal (%)	39.2±13.9	36.9±15.8	35.9±14.5	37.8±17.4
3DS mid (%)	32.0±12.5	32.7±13.5	30.8±11.7	34.7±15.3
3DS apex (%)	19.1±9.3	27.8±13.2*	29.0±12.8*	26.6±14.0
AS basal (%)	−41.3±7.0	−41.0±6.9	−41.7±4.6	−40.3±8.7
AS mid (%)	−38.9±8.0	−41.5±6.6	−41.2±6.7	−41.9±6.7
AS apex (%)	−39.7±13.7	−50.0±16.1*	−52.7±13.4*	−47.3±18.3

*, P<0.05 vs. controls. RS, radial strain; CS, circumferential strain; LS, longitudinal strain; 3DS, three-dimensional strain; AS, area strain.