Table 2 Comparing the baseline echocardiographic characteristics between the study groups
Characteristic | Control (n=39) | Intervention (n=34) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg | 117.8±17.4 | 119.1±13.1 | 0.735 |
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg | 72.5 [66.2, 80.5] | 76.0 [70.0, 80.0] | 0.357 |
Heart rate, bpm | 77±12 | 72±15 | 0.144 |
LVDd | 51.6±5.1 | 49.4±3.8 | 0.042 |
LVDs | 37.3±6.3 | 36.5±40.0 | 0.516 |
PW | 9.2±1.4 | 9.2±1.6 | 0.919 |
IVS | 9.3±1.4 | 9.5±1.7 | 0.761 |
LVEDV | 86.8±22.2 | 87.8±22.2 | 0.852 |
LVESV | 49.3±18.7 | 49.4±14.7 | 0.981 |
LVEDV index | 46.1±11.3 | 44.7±9.6 | 0.574 |
LVESV index | 26.3±10.0 | 25.6±7.4 | 0.642 |
EF Simpson | 44.2±10.8 | 43.9±8.0 | 0.870 |
PEV | 69.2±19.2 | 60.9±16.2 | 0.065 |
PAV | 70.3±17.0 | 64.7±18.8 | 0.211 |
E/A | 1.04±0.38 | 1.02±0.41 | 0.834 |
Deceleration time | 193.6±60.7 | 199.8±63.9 | 0.688 |
e septal | 5.8±1.4 | 6.1±1.5 | 0.467 |
e lateral | 6.8±2.1 | 7.7±2.2 | 0.092 |
E/e′ | 11.3±3.7 | 9.1±2.8 | 0.009 |
Global systolic strain | − 11.8±3.3 | − 11.5±3.0 | 0.654 |
SRs | − 1.0±0.3 | − 1.0±0.4 | 0.955 |
Sre | 1.0±0.4 | 1.0±0.2 | 0.507 |
Sra | 0.7±0.3 | 0.7±0.2 | 0.398 |