Figure 1
From: Fetuin-A as a predicator of sarcopenic left ventricular dysfunction
Higher level of fetuin-A (FetA) was associated with sarcopenic subjects, especially with systolic dysfunction.
(A) serum levels of FetA (μg/mL) and (B) diastolic dysfunction (E′ < 8 cm/s and E/E′ > 8) prevalence rate in the groups without sarcopenia and left ventricular systolic dysfunction (NS-NLVD), without sarcopenia but with left ventricular systolic dysfunction (NS-LVD), with sarcopenia but with non- left ventricular systolic dysfunction (S-NLVD) and with sarcopenia and left ventricular systolic dysfunction (S-LVD). Abbreviations: FetA, fetuin-A; E/E′, ratio of early transmitral flow velocity (E) to early diastolic mitral annulus velocity (e′). *p < 0.001; **p < 0.01.
