Table 3

Concordance between different indices of diastolic dysfunction

Reference study and patient age range (years)Measure of diastolic function
E:A ratioIVRTDTAFF
Mantero et al18
    40–491/54/51/50/5
    50–590/85/80/80/8
    60–694/194/206/201/19
    70–792/4720/519/486/46
Klein et al24
    40–491/53/51/5NA
    50–593/80/81/8NA
    60–694/190/202/20NA
    >702/6427/678/65NA
Framingham study20
    40–491/5NANA3/5
    50–591/8NANA7/8
    60–691/19NANA7/19
    ⩾702/64NANA7/63
Voutilainen et al21
    40–600/152/13NA5/13
    >609/8152/87NA8/82
Spirito et al19
    30–491/52/50/5NA
    50–741/5421/6011/56NA
Cohen et al9
    21–490/54/61/5NA
    ⩾509/9120/9511/93NA