Indices of left ventricular systolic function
| Obesity | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal (n=25) | Slight (n=17) | Moderate (n=20) | Severe (n=11) | All obese (n=48) | |
| Values are mean (SD). | |||||
| *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001, for differences between obese subgroups and normal weight group. | |||||
| EDD, end diastolic diameter; EDV, end diastolic volume; EF, ejection fraction; EP, ejection period; ESD, end systolic diameter; ESV, end systolic volume; FS, fractional shortening; PEP, pre-ejection period; RWT, relative wall thickness; VCS, mean velocity circumferential shortening. | |||||
| FS (%) | 30.8 (7.4) | 38.3 (8.2)** | 37.7 (8.5)** | 35.9 (7.3) | 37.5 (8.0)*** |
| EDD (cm) | 4.4 (0.4) | 4.7 (0.3)** | 4.8 (0.5)** | 5.1 (0.5)*** | 4.8 (0.5)*** |
| ESD (cm) | 3.0 (0.3) | 2.9 (0.4) | 3.0 (0.6) | 3.3 (0.7) | 3.0 (0.6) |
| EF (%) | 65.7 (12.8) | 75.4 (9.1)* | 74.6 (9.8)* | 72.7 (8.6) | 74.4 (9.1)** |
| EDV (ml) | 75 (22) | 109 (29)*** | 109 (27)*** | 143 (26)*** | 117 (31)*** |
| ESV (ml) | 29.3 (11.4) | 44.6 (14.7)*** | 46.4 (14.7)*** | 66.0 (20.9)*** | 50.2 (18.1)*** |
| RWT | 0.37 (0.06) | 0.32 (0.06)* | 0.35 (0.09) | 0.38 (0.06) | 0.35 (0.08) |
| VCS (cm/s) | 1.1 (0.3) | 1.4 (0.5)* | 1.5 (0.4)*** | 1.4 (0.4) | 1.5 (0.4)** |
| PEP (ms) | 90 (20) | 100 (20) | 10 (20) | 100 (30) | 100 (20) |
| EP (ms) | 280 (20) | 290 (50) | 260 (30)* | 270 (50) | 270 (40) |
| PEP/EP | 0.31 (0.07) | 0.35 (0.07) | 0.38 (0.08)** | 0.38 (0.14) | 0.37 (0.10)* |