Table 2.

Echocardiographic characteristics of study population.

variable	all	♂	♀	p-value
e′-wave lateral (cm/s)	5.16 ± 1.08	5.12 ± 1.07	5.22 ± 1.11	p = 0.210
e′-wave medial (cm/s)	7.46 ± 1.50	7.40 ± 1.48	7.55 ± 1.53	p = 0.191
Heart volume absolute (g)	743.9 ± 184.7	815.4 ± 188.2	637.7 ± 115.4	p < 0.001
Relative heart volume (g/kg)	11.42 ± 1.64	11.85 ± 1.54	10.79 ± 1.56	p < 0.001
Left ventr. posterior wall (cm)	0.95 ± 0.15	0.99 ± 0.15	0.88 ± 0.13	p < 0.001
TAPSE (cm)	2.43 ± 0.38	2.44 ± 0.38	2.40 ± 0.38	p = 0.228
Endsystolic left atrial diameter (cm)	3.33 ± 0.44	3.42 ± 0.43	3.20 ± 0.41	p < 0.001
Left ventr. enddiastolic diameter (cm)	4.90 ± 0.47	5.05 ± 0.46	4.68 ± 0.39	p < 0.001
Enddiastolic septal wall (cm)	0.90 ± 0.13	0.94 ± 0.13	0.84 ± 0.11	p < 0.001