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Clinical Study

Relation between Red Cell Distribution Width and Left Ventricular Function in Children with Heart Failure

Table 3

The difference between both sexes in laboratory and echo-parameters.


	Male	Female	-test
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD		-value

Age (month)			−2.381	0.024
Hb (gm/dL)			1.498	0.145
RDW (%)			−0.340	0.736
FS (%)			1.878	0.070
LVEDD (cm/s)			−3.054	0.005
LVESD (cm/s)			−2.684	0.012
(cm/s)			−0.189	0.851
(cm/s)			1.361	0.184
			−2.283	0.030
			−0.213	0.833

Hb: hemoglobin; RDW: red cell distribution width; FS: fraction shortening; LVEDD: left ventricular end diastolic dimension; LVESD: left ventricular end systolic dimension; : peak velocity of early diastolic filling; : peak velocity of late filling; : early mitral inflow velocity to early diastolic mitral annular velocity ratio.