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Table 2 Echocardiographic, electrocardiographic and carotid Doppler sonography parameters in patients with congenital generalized lipodystrophy and healthy individuals (n = 30)

From: Association between cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy and left ventricular hypertrophy in young patients with congenital generalized lipodystrophy

Variable

CGL

(n = 10)

Healthy group

(n = 20)

P

LVH (%)

40 (4)

0

0.008

LVMI children and adolescents (g/m2.7)

41.4 (29.2; 89.0)

n = 8

28.5 (17.1; 37.2)

n = 16

0.001

LVMI adults (g/m2)

121.9 (89.0; 154.6) n = 2

50.4 (41.0; 58.5)

n = 4

0.064

Total LVMI (g/m2.7 or g/m2)

54.5 (29.2; 154.6)

29.6 (17.1; 58.5)

0.002

LVDD (mm)

4 (34; 52)

43 (33; 52)

0.791

LVSD (mm)

26 (20; 35)

26 (19; 36)

0.507

IVS (mm)

8 (7; 12)

6 (3; 9)

0.000

LVPW (mm)

10 (6; 13)

6 (4; 9)

0.000

Ejection fraction (%)

70 (59; 76)

72 (58; 82)

0.279

cIMT (mm)

0.59 (0.53; 0.75)

0.52 (0.38; 0.60)

0.001

Right cIMT (mm)

0.60 (0.50; 0.85)

0.50 (0.33; 0.60)

0.007

Left cIMT (mm)

0.61 (0.48; 0.65)

0.51 (0.40; 0.66)

0.010

cQT interval (s)

0.43 (0.41; 0.49)

0.41 (0.38–0.44)

0.007

cQT interval prolongation (%)

50 (5)

5 (1)

0.009

  1. Italic values indicate significance of P value (P < 0.05)
  2. CGL, congenital generalized lipodystrophy; cIMT, carotid intimal mean thickness; cQT, corrected QT interval; LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy; LVMI, left ventricular mass index; LVDD, left ventricular diastolic diameter; LVSD, left ventricular systolic diameter; IVS, interventricular septum; LVPW, left ventricular posterior wall