Table 2 Two-dimensional, M-mode and color tissue Doppler imaging echocardiography parameters for controls and patients with metabolic syndrome

From: Impaired atrial synchronicity in patients with metabolic syndrome associated with insulin resistance and independent of hypertension

 

Control group (n=110)

MS group (n=145)

P-value

IVSd (mm)

9.83±1.04

11.70±1.40

<0.001

LVPWd (mm)

8.96±1.01

10.72±2.72

<0.001

LVDd (mm)

42.28±4.22

43.86±5.39

<0.05

LVM/Ht2.7 (g/m2.7)

34.16±8.97

46.11±10.84

<0.001

LVEF (%)

65.45±5.66

66.24±6.78

0.102

RA surface (cm2)

14.87±3.23

15.79±3.53

0.164

LA surface (cm2)

15.17±2.74

17.53±3.91

0.073

P-RA (ms)

22.74±8.17

22.99±7.90

0.802

P-IAS (ms)

31.55±11.61

36.49±12.39

0.001

P-LA (ms)

55.35±12.67

64.34±13.99

<0.001

RA synchronicity (ms)

8.81±8.25

13.50±10.12

<0.001

LA synchronicity (ms)

23.81±9.29

27.85±13.25

0.005

Interatrial synchronicity (ms)

32.61±10.68

41.35±13.08

<0.001

  1. Abbreviations: IVSd, interventricular septum thickness; LVPWd, left ventricular posterior wall thickness in end diastole; LVDd, left ventricular diameter in end diastole; LVM/Ht2.7, left ventricular mass for height to the power 2.7; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LA, left atrial; RA, right atrial; P-RA, the time difference from the onset of the P wave to the onset of the A wave at the right atrium; P-IAS, the time difference from the onset of the P wave to the onset of the A wave at the interatrial septum; P-LA, the time difference from the onset of the P wave to the onset of the A wave at the left atrium; MS, metabolic syndrome.
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