Table 3: Echocardiographic parameters in severely obese subjects with type 2 diabetes before and after treatment.
Normal values
Control group
Treatment group
Pre
Post
Pre
Post
N
13
13
16
16
Aortic root (mm)
20–37
33 ± 4
35 ± 4*
33 ± 4
33 ± 4‡
IVS (mm)
6–11
11 ± 11
11 ± 11
11 ± 21
11 ± 2
PW (mm)
6–11
10 ± 21
10 ± 11
11 ± 11
10 ± 1*
LA (mm)
19–40
42 ± 4
41 ± 5
42 ± 4
41 ± 3
RV diastolic (mm)
7–23
26 ± 4
26 ± 4
26 ± 3
26 ± 3
LV diastolic (mm)
35–57
53 ± 8
54 ± 9
50 ± 4
51 ± 3
LV systolic (mm)
20–39
34 ± 92
35 ± 101
29 ± 41
30 ± 4
LV mass (g/m)4
M < 163
226 ± 742
233 ± 612
209 ± 533
198 ± 462*
W < 121
Ejection fraction (%)
>50
60 ± 11
60 ± 13
64 ± 5
67 ± 4
Mean ± standard deviation; *: pre versus post; ‡: control versus treatment; IVS: Interventricular septum; LA: Left atrium; LV: Left ventricle; PW: Posterior wall; RV: Right ventricle. 1One missing subject. 2Two missing subjects. 3Three missing subject. 4Normal values: <163 g/m for men and <121 g/m for women [24].