Table 2 Baseline echocardiographic parameters.

From: The correlation between maternal age, parity, cardiac diastolic function and occurrence rate of pre-eclampsia

Parameter

Maternal age < 35 (n = 306)

Maternal age ≥ 35 (n = 70)

p

Nulliparouswomen (n = 205)

Primiparouswomen (n = 171)

p

No pre-eclampsia (n = 351)

Pre-eclampsia (n = 25)

p

LAD, cm

30.5 ± 3.6

31.9 ± 2.9

0.005

30.0 ± 3.2

31.4 ± 3.7

 < 0.001

30.6 ± 3.5

31.7 ± 3.7

0.155

LAA, cm2

14.9 ± 1.7

15.9 ± 1.8

 < 0.001

14.7 ± 1.7

15.5 ± 1.8

 < 0.001

15.1 ± 2.3

15.4 ± 1.7

0.392

LAVI, ml/m2

29 ± 6

32 ± 7

0.006

29 ± 6

30 ± 6

0.076

30 ± 9

29 ± 5

0.614

RAA, cm2

12.9 ± 1.6

13.6 ± 1.7

0.006

12.8 ± 1.6

13.3 ± 1.6

 < 0.001

13.0 ± 1.7

13.8 ± 1.8

0.315

LVEDA, cm3

44.0 ± 5.2

44.9 ± 4.9

0.176

43.8 ± 4.7

44.6 ± 5.7

0.179

44.1 ± 5.3

44.8 ± 2.7

0.506

RV-ap, cm

19.8 ± 3.7

20.1 ± 2.0

0.435

19.4 ± 2.7

20.3 ± 4.1

0.034

19.9 ± 3.5

19.4 ± 2.1

0.563

RVEDA, cm3

28.1 ± 4.1

28.3 ± 2.7

0.769

27.8 ± 4.0

28.6 ± 3.6

0.034

28.2 ± 3.9

27.8 ± 1.9

0.650

LVEF, %

65.4 ± 6.5

66.1 ± 5.2

0.413

65.6 ± 6.7

65.5 ± 5.7

0.729

65.5 ± 6.4

66.7 ± 3.5

0.373

E, cm/s

1.0 ± 0.2

1.0 ± 0.2

0.875

1.0 ± 0.2

1.0 ± 0.2

0.911

1.0 ± 0.2

0.9 ± 0.2

0.001

A, cm/s

0.6 ± 0.1

0.7 ± 0.1

0.040

0.6 ± 0.1

0.7 ± 0.1

0.271

0.6 ± 0.1

0.8 ± 0.2

0.001

E/A

1.5 ± 0.4

1.5 ± 0.4

0.147

1.5 ± 0.4

1.5 ± 0.4

0.279

1.6 ± 0.4

1.2 ± 0.3

 < 0.001

Em (Lateral), cm/s

17.8 ± 3

16 ± 3.4

 < 0.001

17.6 ± 3.1

17.1 ± 3.3

0.097

17.5 ± 3.1

15.4 ± 4.0

0.001

E/Em

5.5 ± 1.2

6.3 ± 1.6

 < 0.001

5.6 ± 1.2

5.8 ± 1.4

0.121

5.7 ± 1.3

5.9 ± 1.9

0.376

DT, ms

239.6 ± 66.9

237.4 ± 59.1

0.790

238.7 ± 65.9

238.3 ± 61.9

0.900

237.4 ± 52.1

238.6 ± 64.4

0.852

  1. Values are given as mean ± standard deviation, median (interquartile range) or count (percentage).
  2. LAD left atrial diameter, LAA left atrial area, LAVI left atrium volume index, RAA right atrial area, LVEDA left ventricular end-diastolic area, LVEDD left ventricular end-diastolic dimension, RV-ap right ventricular anteroposterior diameter, RVEDA right ventricular end-diastolic area, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, E mitral inflow early diastolic velocity, A mitral inflow late filling wave velocity, Em peak early diastolic myocardial velocity, DT deceleration time.
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