Table 1

Baseline clinical, resting echocardiographic characteristics of patients with diabetes compared with patients without diabetes

Diabetes (n=96)No diabetes (n=10)p Value
Clinical and anthropological characteristics
 Age (years)56±950±70.058
 Male58 (60%)7 (70%)0.554
 Height (cm)168±9172±110.127
 Weight (kg)94±2583±180.148
 Body surface area (m2)2.08±0.291.98±0.2760.304
 Body mass index (kg/m2)34±828±40.025
 Smoking n (%)13 (14%)1 (10%)0.753
 Hypertension n (%)71 (74%)2 (20%) <0.001
 Dyslipidaemia n (%)77 (80%)4 (40%)0.004
 Family history CAD n (%)31 (32%)4 (40%)0.622
 Antiplatelet agent n (%)33 (34%)1 (10%)0.116
 β-blocker n (%)10 (10%)0 (0%)0.593
 Calcium channel blocker n (%)21 (22%)0 (0%)0.205
 ACE inhibitor n (%)38 (40%)0 (0%)0.013
 Angiotensin receptor blocker n (%)34 (35%)1 (10%)0.160
 Diuretics n (%)18 (19%)0 (0%)0.206
 Statin n (%)55 (57%)2 (20%)0.042
 Fenofibrate2 (2%)0 (0%)1.000
 MRC dyspnoea grade0.397
  130 (31%)6 (60%)
  250 (52%)4 (40%)
  38 (8%)0 (0%)
  48 (8%)0 (0%)
  50 (0%)0 (0%)
Resting left ventricular parameters
 LV end-diastolic volume index (mL/m2)35±2645±130.09
 LV end-systolic volume index (mL/m2)10±615±60.021
 Resting LV ejection fraction (%)70±1166±60.116
 Septal s′ (cm/s)7.0±1.47.3±1.30.463
 Septal e′ (cm/s)6.7±1.78.6±2.00.002
 Septal E/e′10.2±4.27.7±1.5<0.001
 Lateral s′ (cm/s)7.6±2.17.3±2.00.687
 Lateral e′ (cm/s)8.2±2.49.7±3.50.092
 Lateral E/e′8.6±4.07.9±5.10.593
 LV mass index (g/m2)76±2075±180.910
  • CAD, coronary artery disease; LV, left ventricular; MRC, Medical Research Council.