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Table 2 Left ventricle conventional echocardiography and tissue Doppler data

From: Right ventricle free wall mechanics in metabolic syndrome without type-2 diabetes: effects of a 3-month lifestyle intervention program

Variables

Controls (n = 40)

MetS (n = 39)

MetS

Baseline (n = 33)

Follow-up (n = 33)

LVED diameter (mm)

47.6 ± 4.9

48.9 ± 4.5

49.1 ± 4.6

49.1 ± 4.7

LVES diameter (mm)

28.9 ± 4.7

28.9 ± 4.4

28.9 ± 4.3

29.2 ± 3.7

Posterior wall thickness (mm)

9.9 ± 1.1

11.5 ± 1.6***

11.4 ± 1.4

10.9 ± 0.8***

IV septum thickness (mm)

9.9 ± 1.4

11.2 ± 1.5***

11.1 ± 1.3

10.8 ± 0.9**

LV mass indexed (g.m-2.7)

48.1 ± 11.9

66.1 ± 13.5***

63.7 ± 14.3

61.0 ± 10.9***

LVEF (%)

64.1 ± 5.3

61.0 ± 4.1**

61.0 ± 4.1

63.0 ± 3.1#

Doppler data

    

 Mitral E velocity (cm.s−1)

66.0 ± 12.2

64.4 ± 14.4

66.0 ± 11.9

64.5 ± 13.0

 Mitral A velocity (cm.s−1)

50.4 ± 12.2

60.9 ± 15.0**

61.4 ± 15.6

57.7 ± 12.4*

 Mitral E/A

1.3 ± 0.3

1.0 ± 0.2***

1.1 ± 0.2

1.1 ± 0.2*

Tissue Doppler imaging

    

 Em (cm.s−1)

10.5 ± 2.0

9.6 ± 1.9*

9.6 ± 1.9

9.2 ± 1.0*

 E/Em

5.9 ± 1.5

6.1 ± 1.6

6.1 ± 1.5

5.7 ± 0.9

  1. LVED: Left ventricular end-diastolic, LVES: Left ventricular end-systolic, IV: inter-ventricular, LV: Left ventricular, EF: ejection fraction, Em: peak early diastolic velocity of the mitral annulus. Significantly different from controls: *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001. Significantly different from baseline in MetS: # P < 0.05.