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Table 2 Echocardiographic Characteristics of left ventricular in the four left ventricular geometric patterns

From: The impact of left ventricular geometry on left atrium phasic function in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: a multimodal echocardiography investigation

 

NG (n = 110)

CR (n = 56)

CH (n = 32)

EH (n = 23)

P

LAD (cm)

3.25 ± 0.33

3.40 ± 0.31a

3.74 ± 0.14ab

3.79 ± 0.14ab

 < 0.001

LVEDD (cm)

4.72 ± 0.03

4.61 ± 0.05

4.99 ± 0.08ab

5.32 ± 0.07abc

 < 0.001

IVST (cm)

0.92 ± 0.08

0.98 ± 0.14a

1.16 ± 0.08ab

1.09 ± 0.12abc

 < 0.001

LVPWT (cm)

0.87 ± 0.08

1.00 ± 0.12a

1.13 ± 0.09ab

1.02 ± 0.17ac

 < 0.001

LVMI (g/m2)

75.44 ± 1.25

82.85 ± 2.12a

117.73 ± 2.13ab

115.69 ± 2.14ab

 < 0.001

RWT

0.37 ± 0.02

0.44 ± 0.03a

0.45 ± 0.07ab

0.39 ± 0.05abc

 < 0.001

E/A

0.97 ± 0.03

0.93 ± 0.04

0.79 ± 0.03ab

0.87 ± 0.07ac

0.018

E/e

6.54 ± 0.25

7.72 ± 0.29a

9.77 ± 0.41ab

8.87 ± 0.68a

 < 0.001

LVEF (%)

65.99 ± 0.52

66.31 ± 0.90

66.34 ± 0.93

63.71 ± 1.73

0.343

  1. LAD: left atrium dimension; LVEDD: left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; IVST: inter-ventricular septum thickness; LVPWT: left ventricular posterior wall thickness; LVMI: left ventricular mass index; RWT: relative wall thickness; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction
  2. ap < 0.05 for normal geometry; bp < 0.05 for concentric remodeling; cp < 0.05 for concentric hypertrophy