Association of peripheral nerve conduction in diabetic neuropathy with subclinical left ventricular systolic dysfunction

Table 3 Echocardiographic Characteristics of the Patients

	All Patients (n = 112)	Patients with DN (n = 41)	Patients without DN (n = 71)	p value
Left atrial volume index, ml/m²	29 ± 8	31 ± 9	28 ± 7	0.18
LV mass index, g/m²	76 ± 18	79 ± 18	74 ± 18	0.17
End systolic volume, ml	24 ± 9	25 ± 10	24 ± 8	0.42
End diastolic volume, ml	71 ± 19	73 ± 20	70 ± 18	0.37
LV ejection fraction, %	66 ± 4	66 ± 3	66 ± 4	0.96
Stroke volume, ml	63 ± 12	62 ± 14	63 ± 11	0.67
E/A	0.88 ± 0.29	0.82 ± 0.28	0.9 ± 0.29	0.15
Deceleration Time	205 ± 53	203 ± 63	206 ± 46	0.76
E’	6.2 ± 1.8	5.9 ± 1.7	6.4 ± 1.9	0.20
E/E’	10.5 ± 3.3	11.0 ± 3.8	10.2 ± 3.0	0.27
Global longitudinal strain, %	19 ± 3	18 ± 2	20 ± 2	<0.001

Values are mean ± SD for normally distributed data.
DN = diabetic neuropathy; LV = left ventricular; E = peak early diastolic mitral flow velocity; A = peak late diastolic mitral flow velocity; E’ = Spectral pulsed-wave Doppler–derived early diastolic velocity from the septal mitral annulus.

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