Table 2

Echocardiographic data in study patients


MEN
WOMEN
Variables
Non DM
T2DM
Non DM
T2DM

n = 206
n = 108
n = 154
n = 92


IVS ≥ 12 mm
123 (60)
66 (61)
63 (41)
51 (56)*
PW ≥ 12 mm
36 (17)
17 (16)
13(8)
12 (13)
Increased LVMI
55 (27)
21 (19)
53 (35)
45 (49)*
LA ≥ 40 mm
100 (49)
60 (56)
42 (27)
40 (44)**

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.001; IVS = interventricular septum, PW = posterior wall, LVMI = LV mass index >I 10 (female) and >134 gr/m2(male); LA = left atrial diameter; T2DM – type 2 diabetes mellitus. Data are number (%) of patients.

Tenenbaum et al. Cardiovascular Diabetology 2003 2:14   doi:10.1186/1475-2840-2-14