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Table 4 2D left ventricular speckle-tracking strain analyses in diabetic patients with acute hyperglycemia (Group A) at baseline (upon hospital admission), in diabetic patients with euglycemia (Group B) and in healthy controls (Group C)

From: Impact of acute hyperglycemia on layer-specific left ventricular strain in asymptomatic diabetic patients: an analysis based on two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography

 

Group A

Group B

Group C

p value

Post Hoc Bonferroni test (p)

AvsC

AvsB

BvsC

Peak systolic longitudinal strain (%)

 Endo

− 22.8 ± 0.4a

− 24.7 ± 0.4

− 25.5 ± 0.5

 < 0.001

0.001

0.023

1.000

 Mid

− 19.7 ± 0.3

− 21.1 ± 0.4

− 22.1 ± 0.4

 < 0.001

0.001

0.075

0.577

 Epi

− 17.4 ± 0.3

− 18.8 ± 0.3

− 19.3 ± 0.4

0.001

0.002

0.042

1.000

Peak systolic circumferential strain (%)

 Basal LV level

  Endo

− 20.0 ± 0.8

− 23.2 ± 1.2

− 24.2 ± 1.1

0.010

0.023

0.127

1.000

  Mid

− 13.8 ± 0.6

− 16.5 ± 0.9

− 17.4 ± 0.9

0.002

0.005

0.043

1.000

  Epi

− 9.5 ± 0.4

− 11.3 ± 0.6

− 12.8 ± 0.8

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.091

0.442

 Mid-cavity LV level

  Endo

− 27.6 ± 0.9

− 29.1 ± 1.0

− 29.2 ± 1.1

0.499

–

–

–

  Mid

− 19.5 ± 0.7

− 20.7 ± 0.7

− 21.4 ± 1.0

0.262

–

–

–

  Epi

− 13.5 ± 0.5

− 15.1 ± 0.6

− 16.0 ± 1.0

0.038

0.049

0.393

1.000

 Apical LV level

  Endo

− 35.7 ± 1.0

− 34.1 ± 1.7

− 35.5 ± 1.6

0.713

–

–

–

  Mid

− 26.9 ± 0.8

− 25.6 ± 1.4

− 26.8 ± 1.4

0.727

–

–

–

  Epi

− 20.7 ± 0.7

− 18.9 ± 1.3

− 20.9 ± 1.3

0.461

–

–

–

  1. Endo subendocardial layer, Mid mid-myocardial layer, Epi: subepicardial layer, LV left ventricular
  2. p—One way ANOVA between Group A (upon hospital admission), Group B and Group C
  3. aData are presented as mean±SE