Table 1. Summary of mean two-dimensional echocardiographic measurements of interest.

Echocardiogram measurement	SB mean ± SD	BB mean ± SD	p-value
Fractional shortening (%)	33.24 (± 9.2)	37.04 (± 4.79)	0.141
IVSd (cm)	1.69 (± 0.29)	1.48 (± 0.28)	0.026
IVSd/Ao	0.4 (± 0.07)	0.33 (± 0.06)	0.002
LA (cm)	5.24 (± 1.09)	5.02 (± 0.76)	0.476
LA/Ao	1.24 (± 0.13)	1.12 (± 0.12)	0.004
LVIDd (cm)	7.27 (± 1.46)	7.48 (± 0.68)	0.594
LVIDs (cm)	4.88 (± 1.28)	4.71 (± 0.52)	0.618
LVIDd/Ao	1.7 (± 0.25)	1.68 (± 0.2)	0.728
LVIDs/Ao	1.15 (± 0.25)	1.07 (± 0.14)	0.250
LVPWd (cm)	1.52 (± 0.36)	1.36 (± 0.34)	0.149
LVPWd/Ao	0.36 (± 0.08)	0.3 (± 0.07)	0.033
LVPWdelta (cm)	51.31 (± 20.38)	62.15 (± 39.13)	0.240

Abbreviations: IVSd = intraventricular septal thickness in diastole; Ao = aortic diameter; LA = left atrium; LVPWd = left ventricular posterior wall thickness in diastole; LVIDs = left ventricular internal dimension in systole; LVIDd = left ventricular internal dimension in diastole.

Measurements were compared between SB and BB, and p-values ≤ 0.05 are reported in bold.