Table 3: Comparison between patients and controls as regards
tested variables.
|
Parameters |
Patients |
Controls |
P |
|
Number of participants |
60 |
20 |
|
|
Age/year |
46.7 ± 13.2 |
43.5 ± 15.7 |
0.372 |
|
Gender (male/female) |
35/25 |
10/10 |
|
|
SBP (mmHg) |
137.6 ± 25.4 |
127.5 ± 14.7 |
0.094 |
|
DBP (mmHg) |
82.8 ± 13.2 |
81.2 ± 6.6 |
0.611 |
|
BMI (kg/m²) |
27.2 ± 7.7 |
28.1 ± 5.6 |
0.627 |
|
TSH (µlU/mL) |
3.1 ± 4.2 |
1.6 ± 1.3 |
0.122 |
|
T3 (ng/dL) |
68.6 ± 21.4 |
104.1 ± 20.2 |
0.001 |
|
FT3 (ng/dL) |
3.6 ± 0.75 |
3.5 ± 1.3 |
0.376 |
|
T4
(µg/dL) |
5.1 ± 2.1 |
7.8 ± 2.0 |
< 0.001 |
|
FT4 (ng/dL) |
1.0 ± 0.5 |
1.1 ± 0.4 |
0.641 |
|
LAD (cm) |
3.9 ± 0.7 |
3.4 ± 0.6 |
0.003 |
|
LVMI (g/m²) |
125.4 ± 46.4 |
79.7 ± 21.4 |
0.001 |
|
LVEDD (cm) |
5.2 ± 0.8 |
4.8 ± 0.5 |
0.060 |
|
LVESD (cm) |
4.7 ± 3.8 |
4.2 ± 1.7 |
0.577 |
|
SWT (cm) |
1.1 ± 0.2 |
0.9 ± 0.15 |
0.001 |
|
PWT (cm) |
1.0 ± 0.2 |
0.9 ± 0.17 |
0.001 |
|
AOD (cm) |
2.8 ± 0.4 |
2.9 ± 0.4 |
0.683 |
|
LVEF (%) |
56.7 ± 13.1 |
65.8 ± 6.7 |
0.004 |
SBP: Systolic Blood Pressure; DBP: Diastolic Blood Pressure;
BMI: Body Mass Index; LAD: Left Atrium
Diameter; LVMI: Left Ventricular Mass Index; LVEDD: Left Ventricular End
Diastolic Diameter; LVESD: Left Ventricular End Systolic Diameter; SWT: Septal Wall Thickness; PWT: Posterior Wall Thickness; AOD: Aortic Orifice Diameter;
LVEF: Left Ventricular Ejection
Fraction.