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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants stratified according to DM at follow-up

From: Left ventricular concentric geometry predicts incident diabetes mellitus independent of established risk factors in the general population: the Copenhagen City Heart Study

Demographics

All participants

No DM

DM

p-value

N

1710

1655 (96.8%)

55 (3.2%)

 

Age (years)

56.8 (16.3)

56.4 (16.4)

65.5 (10.9)

< 0.001

Male

676 (39.5%)

648 (39.2%)

28 (50.9%)

0.08

Clinical characteristics

 Systolic BP (mmHg)

133.9 (22.4)

133.4 (22.4)

148.2 (18.6)

< 0.001

 Diastolic BP (mmHg)

77.8 (12.0)

77.6 (12.1)

82.6 (10.3)

0.002

 Hypertension

665 (39.0%)

625 (37.9%)

40 (72.7%)

< 0.001

 MAP (mmHg)

96.5 (13.9)

96.2 (13.9)

104.5 (11.2)

< 0.001

 BMI (kg/m2)

25.1 (3.7)

25.0 (3.7)

28.6 (4.4)

< 0.001

 Heart rate (BPM)

67 (11)

67 (11)

71 (11)

0.008

 Smoking

525 (30.7%)

504 (30.5%)

21 (38.2%)

0.22

 Ischemic heart disease

82 (4.8%)

74 (4.5%)

8 (14.5%)

< 0.001

 Heart failure

16 (0.9%)

16 (1.0%)

0 (0%)

0.46

 Glucose (mmol/L)

5.5 (1.0)

5.5 (1.0)

6.2 (1.5)

< 0.001

 HBA1c (%)

5.8 (0.5)

5.7 (0.5)

6.0 (0.5)

< 0.001

 Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.5 (0.8)

1.5 (0.8)

2.0 (1.2)

< 0.001

 eGFR (mL/min)

76 (16)

76 (16)

76 (17)

0.94

 Pro-BNP (pmol/L)

16, (8-30)

16 (7-30)

17 (11-30)

0.47

 Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.5 (1.2)

5.5 (1.2)

5.7 (1.0)

0.30

 Blood pressure lowering medication

222 (13.0%)

202 (12.2%)

20 (36.4%)

< 0.001

 Lipid lowering medication

224 (13.1%)

207 (12.5%)

17 (30.9%)

< 0.001

Echocardiography

 LVEF (%)

59.7 (1.9)

59.7 (1.9)

59.9 (1.0)

0.61

 LVIDd/height (cm/m)

2.8 (0.3)

2.8 (0.3)

2.8 (0.3)

0.52

 LVMI (g/m2)

85.7 (22.1)

85.4 (21.9)

93.0 (24.4)

0.013

 PWT (cm)

0.9 (0.2)

0.9 (0.2)

1.0 (0.2)

< 0.001

 AWT (cm)

0.9 (0.2)

0.9 (0.2)

1.0 (0.2)

< 0.001

 RWT (cm)

0.38 (0.08)

0.37 (0.08)

0.42 (0.11)

< 0.001

 IVSD (cm)

1.0 (0.2)

1.0 (0.2)

1.1 (0.2)

< 0.001

 LV concentric geometry

361 (21.1%)

338 (20.4%)

23 (41.8%)

< 0.001

LV hypertrophy categories

< 0.001

 Normal geometry

1178 (69.1%)

1153 (69.9%)

25 (45.5%)

 

 Concentric remodeling

270 (15.8%)

253 (15.3%)

17 (30.9%)

 

 Eccentric hypertrohpy

166 (9.7%)

159 (9.6%)

7 (12.7%)

 

 Concentric hypertrohpy

91 (5.3%)

85 (5.2%)

6 (10.9%)

 

 LAVI (mL/m2)

19.4 (6.7)

19.4 (6.9)

20.2 (7.0)

0.44

 E (m/s)

0.7 (0.2)

0.7 (0.2)

0.7 (0.2)

0.18

 A (m/s)

0.7 (0.2)

0.7 (0.2)

0.8 (0.2)

< 0.001

 E/A

1.2 (0.5)

1.2 (0.5)

0.9 (0.3)

< 0.001

 E/e′

10.9 (4.7)

10.8 (4.6)

13.2 (4.9)

< 0.001

 DT (ms)

165 (39)

165 (39)

177 (42)

0.026

 s′ (cm/s)

5.9 (1.3)

6.0 (1.3)

5.7 (1.2)

0.16

 e′ (cm/s)

7.5 (2.7)

7.6 (2.7)

5.9 (2.2)

< 0.001

 a′ (cm/s)

6.4 (1.9)

6.3 (1.9)

7.1 (1.9)

0.008

  1. BP blood pressure, MAP mean arterial pressure, BMI body mass index, BPM beats per minute, AMI acute myocardial infarction, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, BNP brain natriuretic peptide, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, GLS global longitudinal strain, LVIDd left ventricular inner diameter at end diastole, LVMI left ventricular mass index, PWT posterior wall thickness, AWT average wall thickness, RWT relative wall thickness, IVSD interventricular septum diameter, LAVI left atrial volume index, DT deceleration time