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Table 2 Baseline demographic, clinical and echocardiographic variable comparisons among T2DM patients categorized by the presence of depression (n = 254)

From: Association of depression with evolution of heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

 

Depression

(n = 25)

No depression

(n = 229)

p

Demographic and clinical characteristics

 Age (years)

70.6 ± 3.8

70.9 ± 4.4

0.418

 Male gender (n, %)

11 (44.0)

131 (57.2)

0.208

 Weight (kg)

92.6 ± 22.8

85.1 ± 16.5

0.122

 BMI (kg/m2)

34.1 ± 7.8

29.8 ± 5.6

0.012

 Waist circumference (cm)

109.0 ± 14.2

102.4 ± 13.1

0.032

 Obesity (n, %)

18 (72.0)

106 (46.3)

0.015

 Heart rate (n/min)

70 ± 11

68 ± 11

0.280

 Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

138 ± 17

139 ± 14

0.936

 Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

80 ± 12

81 ± 9

0.748

 Hypertension (n, %)

19 (76.0)

171 (74.7)

0.985

 Family history of HF (n, %)

10 (40.0)

63 (27.5)

0.191

 Past chemotherapy (n, %)

4 (16.0)

18 (7.9)

0.170

 Past heart disease (n, %)

3 (12.0)

11 (4.8)

0.135

 HbA1c (mmol/mol)

57.6 ± 10.6

53.0 ± 10.0

0.049

 HbA1c > 64 mmol/mol (n, %)

8 (32)

24 (10.5)

0.002

Medication

 Insulin (n, %)

11 (44.0)

49 (21.4)

0.012

 Metformin (n, %)

18 (72.0)

157 (68.6)

0.725

 ACEi/ARB (n, %)

19 (76.0)

152 (66.4)

0.331

 Beta-blockers (n, %)

1 (4.0)

14 (6.1)

0.571

 Calcium antagonists (n, %)

7 (28.0)

54 (23.6)

0.524

 Diuretics (n, %)

4 (16.0)

23 (10.0)

0.360

 Lipid lowering meds (n, %)

14 (56.0)

109 (47.5)

0.426

Echocardiography

 LV ejection fraction (%)

61.5 ± 8.7

63.2 ± 6.2

0.222

 Mitral early-diastolic inflow velocity (E wave) (m/s)

0.62 ± 0.18

0.65 ± 0.16

0.530

 Mitral late-diastolic inflow velocity (A wave) (m/s)

0.81 ± 0.16

0.83 ± 0.19

0.525

 Transmitral diastolic flow velocity ratio (E/A)

0.79 ± 0.21

0.77 ± 0.25

0.693

 Early diastolic mitral annular velocity (e′) (m/s)

0.07 ± 0.01

0.08 ± 0.02

0.852

 Mitral E/e′ septal–lateral ratio (E/e′)

8.6 ± 1.9

9.2 ± 2.8

0.336

 E/e′ ratio > 13 (n, %)

1 (4.0)

25 (10.9)

0.280

 Deceleration time (DT) (s)

231.6 ± 50.4

248.6 ± 52.9

0.129

 LV mass index (g/m2)

87.3 ± 16.1

85.4 ± 19.6

0.602

 LV mass index (g/m1.7)

82.3 ± 27.0

73.6 ± 20.2

0.130

 LV hypertrophy (n, %)a

2 (8.0)

33 (14.4)

0.998

  1. Italic values indicate significant associations
  2. aLV hypertrophy was defined as LVMi > 115 g/m2 for males, > 95 g/m2 for females