Estimates of the longitudinal analyses mean the absolute baseline to follow-up difference of echocardiographic parameters.
Adjusted for arterial mean pressure, body surface area, age, medication, HbA1c, LDL and creatinine clearance.
*(grey shaded line)=results from mixed models estimating the association of inflammation parameter across all six echocardiographic parameters in the cross-sectional, and longitudinal analyses, respectively. Estimates were standardised (mean=0, SD=1).
hsCRP, high-sensitivity C reactive protein, EF, ejection fraction; IL-6, interleukin 6; IVSD, interventricle septum diameter; LADS, left atrial diastolic diameter; LVDD, left ventricular end-diastolic dimension; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; LVM, left ventricular mass; PWD, posterior wall dimension.