Peak systolic longitudinal rotation: a new tool for detecting left ventricular systolic function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography

Table 3 Correlations between segmental PSLR, global PSLR and GLU, HBA1c and LVEF in T2DM patients

Variable	Fasting plasma glucose		HBA1c		LVEF		LS-endo		LS-mid		LS-epi		LSr
Variable	r	p-value	r	p-value	r	p-value	r	p-value	r	p-value	r	p-value	r	p-value
base-Lateral	−0.156	0.273	−0.018	0.898	0.127	0.375	−0.082	0.567	−0.103	0.470	−0.145	0.312	−0.351	0.011
middle-Lateral	−0.213	0.134	−0.062	0.664	−0.017	0.904	−0.138	0.333	−0.137	0.337	−0.157	0.270	−0.447	0.001
Apex	−0.263	0.062	−0.401	0.004	−0.017	0.904	0.135	0.346	0.103	0.474	0.067	0.643	−0.147	0.304
middle-Septal	−0.141	0.325	−0.226	0.111	−0.018	0.901	0.251	0.076	0.221	0.119	0.170	0.232	0.019	0.893
base-Septal	−0.028	0.847	−0.270	0.055	0.000	0.996	0.203	0.154	0.205	0.149	0.188	0.187	0.059	0.679
Global	−0.196	0.168	−0.353	0.011	−0.087	0.546	0.214	0.132	0.188	0.187	0.144	0.313	−0.093	0.517

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