Comparison between Procalcitonin, Brain Natriuretic Peptide, and Uric Acid in Children with Cardiomyopathy and Controls

Table 1

Echocardiographic parameters of left and right heart.

Parameters	Group	Mean	SD	-value	value
Weight (kg)	Case	28.703	10.553	−1.7896	0.078
	Control	35.133	18.471
Left ventricular end-diastolic volume (mL)	Case	66.108	22.129	5.687	0.000
	Control	39.279	14.782
Fractional shortening (%)	Case	35.405	8.067	1.2972	0.199
	Control	33.333	3.736
Left peak E velocity (cm/s)	Case	85.974	17.760	−3.4057	0.001
	Control	101.559	19.648
Left peak A velocity (cm/s)	Case	55.377	15.504	−0.5643	0.574
	Control	57.545	15.814
Right isovolumic contraction time (m/s)	Case	0.034	0.017	1.6933	0.095
	Control	0.0272	0.016