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Table 2 Results of cardiopulmonary exercise test and exercise echocardiography

From: Mechanisms of reduced peak oxygen consumption in subjects with uncomplicated type 2 diabetes

 

All patients

(n = 88)

Effort Intolerance

 

p value

“Adjusted” p value

 

Yes

(n = 48)

No

(n = 40)

Cardiopulmonary exercise test

   

Workload (W)

118 ± 30

113 ± 25

126 ± 34

0.0460

 < 0.0001

Time of effort (min)

11.4 ± 2.0

10.8 ± 1.8

12.0 ± 2.0

0.0050

0.0008

HR rest (bpm)

79.9 ± 13.6

80.5 ± 12.9

79.3 ± 14.6

ns

ns

HR peak (bpm)

132.9 ± 18.6

129.2 ± 19.0

137.4 ± 17.2

0.0361

0.0015

HR peak (%max)

86.1 ± 12.0

82.6 ± 12.4

90.2 ± 10.2

0.0023

0.0015

HR reserve (bpm)

74.7 ± 15.7

76.1 ± 14.6

73.0 ± 16.9

ns

ns

Chronotr. incomp. (n, %)

46 (53%)

34 (71%)

12 (30%)

0.0001

0.0005

MBP rest (mmHg)

102.9 ± 10.3

103.3 ± 10.9

102.5 ± 9.6

ns

ns

MBP peak (mmHg)

146.5 ± 16.3

146.9 ± 18.2

146.1 ± 14.0

ns

ns

RER peak

1.08 ± 0.06

1.09 ± 0.07

1.07 ± 0.06

ns

ns

VO2/work slope

10.5 ± 1.5

9.9 ± 1.2

11.2 ± 1.4

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

VO2 rest (mL/min/kg)

4.1 ± 9.1

3.7 ± 1.2

4.6 ± 1.3

0.0015

0.0005

VO2 AT (mL/min/kg)

16.2 ± 4.9

13.7 ± 2.7

19.5 ± 5.2

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

VO2 AT (%peakVO2)

84.5 ± 11.9

81.5 ± 13.7

88.8 ± 7.7

0.0115

0.0047

VO2 peak (mL/min/kg)

18.8 ± 5.1

16.45 ± 3.19

21.69 ± 5.39

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

VO2 peak (%VO2max)

79.0 ± 17.0

66.7 ± 8.8

93.6 ± 11.9

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

VE/VCO2 slope

27.5 ± 3.8

27.2 ± 4.1

27.8 ± 3.3

ns

ns

VD/VT (%)

15.6 ± 4.1

16.0 ± 3.9

15.2 ± 4.4

ns

ns

O2 pulse peak (mL/bpm)

11.7 ± 2.8

11.3 ± 2.5

12.3 ± 3.0

ns

 < 0.0001

O2 pulse peak (%max)

94.2 ± 18.0

84.3 ± 14.0

106.0 ± 15.0

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

AV O2 diff rest (mL/dL)

6.5 ± 2.3

6.1 ± 2.4

6.9 ± 2.3

ns

0.0218

AV O2 diff peak (mL/dL)

11.9 ± 3.2

11.3 ± 3.1

12.7 ± 3.3

0.0399

0.0002

Exercise echocardiography

  

EDVi (mL/m2)

51.0 ± 11.1

51.7 ± 10.5

51.0 ± 13.0

ns

ns

LVMi (g/m2)

86.3 ± 16.6

86.6 ± 14.4

87.4 ± 20.8

ns

ns

LAVi (mL/m2)

24.7 ± 7.6

24.5 ± 8.2

25.5 ± 7.5

ns

ns

SV rest (mL)

69.1 ± 14.8

69.5 ± 13.3

68.6 ± 13.0

ns

ns

SV peak (mL)

102.1 ± 22.8

103.3 ± 26.6

100.7 ± 22.1

ns

ns

CO rest (L/min)

5.5 ± 1.2

5.5 ± 1.3

5.4 ± 1.2

ns

ns

CO peak (L/min)

13.7 ± 3.7

13.4 ± 3.7

14.0 ± 3.8

ns

ns

LVEF rest (%)

58.9 ± 4.3

58.6 ± 0.7

58.6 ± 1.0

ns

ns

LVEF peak (%)

67.6 ± 5.6

66.5 ± 6.1

68.9 ± 4.8

ns

ns

ΔEF

8.6 ± 3.7

8.0 ± 4.1

9.5 ± .31

ns

0.0412

Contractility reserve (n, %)

53 (60%)

23 (26%)

30 (34%)

0.0154

0.0386

GLS rest (%)

16.3 ± 2.6

15.7 ± 2.5

17.0 ± 2.6

0.0321

ns

GLS 4 min (%)

18.4 ± 3.0

17.5 ± 2.9

19.5 ± 2.8

0.0044

0.0048

ΔGLS

2.1 ± 1.5

1.7 ± 1.5

2.5 ± 1.8

0.0293

0.0093

S’ mean rest (cm/sec)

9.2 ± 1.8

8.8 ± 1.8

9.6 ± 1.7

0.0364

ns

S’ mean peak (cm/s)

14.3 ± 3.0

13.5 ± 2.8

15.2 ± 3.0

0.0085

0.0006

ΔS’ mean

5.1 ± 2.1

4.7 ± 1.9

5.6 ± 2.3

ns

0.0023

E/e’ rest (cm/s)

8.3 ± 2.2

8.6 ± 2.3

8.0 ± 2.2

ns

ns

E/e’ peak (cm/sec)

8.6 ± 2.0

8.7 ± 2.1

8.4 ± 1.9

ns

ns

SVR rest (dyne*s/cm)

1,583 ± 367

1,578 ± 383

1,588 ± 353

ns

ns

SVR peak (dyne*s/cm)

911 ± 218

932 ± 230

885 ± 203

ns

ns

TAPSE/sPAP peak

0.95 ± 0.23

0.96 ± 0.21

0.94 ± 0.26

ns

ns

TAPSE/CO peak

2.24 ± 0.62

2.33 ± 0.64

2.12 ± 0.58

ns

ns

  1. The whole population and the two groups divided by the presence or absence of effort intolerance, are reported. P values were calculated as Student’s t test for comparisons of the means of the two groups, and “adjusted” p values were calculated after adjustment for age, sex, and BMI