Table 2.

Left ventricular morphology and function in AN patients and controls.

	AN patients (n = 26)	Controls (n = 33)
Morphology
LV septum thickness (cm)	0.72 ± 0.15	0.77 ± 0.12
LV posterior wall thickness (cm)	0.67 ± 0.12*	0.75 ± 0.12
RWT	0.33 ± 0.06	0.36 ± 0.05
LV end-diastolic volume (mL)	79 ± 19	86 ± 18
LV end-systolic volume (mL)	29 ± 8	31 ± 7
LV mass (g)	79 ± 26*	96 ± 24
LV mass index to height 2.7 (g.m−2.7)	22 ± 6*	26 ± 5
Function
LV systolic function
Stroke volume index (mL.m−2)	36.9 ± 5.9	35.6 ± 5.1
CO index (L.min−1.m−2)	2.0 ± 0.4***	2.5 ± 0.4
EF (%)	64 ± 5	64 ± 6
LV diastolic function
E wave (cm.s−1)	84 ± 17	82 ± 14
A wave (cm.s−1)	30 ± 6***	41 ± 7
E/A	2.9 ± 0.9***	2.0 ± 0.5
E' (cm.s−1)	12.8 ± 1.4	13.5 ± 1.3
A' (cm.s−1)	4.2 ± 0.9***	5.6 ± 1.1
E'/A'	3.2 ± 0.7***	2.5 ± 0.5
Systemic vascular resistances (AU)	30.1 ± 8.2***	21.9 ± 5.4

Values are mean ± SD. Significant differences with controls

^*p < 0.051;

^**p < 0.01;

^***p < 0.001.

AN, anorexia nervosa; LV, left ventricular; RWT, relative wall thickness; CO, cardiac output; EF, ejection fraction; AU, arbitrary unit.