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

Table 2

Results of the Mann-Whitney test to compare the groups’ values of left heart parameters.

Parameters	Group	Mean	SD	Mean rank	Sum of ranks	Mann-Whitney	Sig.; (2-tailed)
Height (cm)	Case	127.405	18.712	32.797	1213.5	510.5	0.574
	Control	128.7	29.2	35.483	1064.5
Ventricular end-diastolic dimension (mm)	Case	46.584	7.713	42.568	1575	238	0
	Control	39.993	4.098	23.433	703
Ventricular end-systolic dimension (mm)	Case	30.181	7.451	38.716	1432.5	380.5	0.028
	Control	26.517	3.23	28.183	845.5
Ejection fraction (%)	Case	62.514	13.715	35.986	1331.5	481.5	0.353
	Control	63.533	5.507	31.55	946.5
Myocardial performance index	Case	0.549	0.181	45.892	1698	115	0
	Control	0.325	0.051	19.333	580
Isovolumic contraction time (m/s)	Case	0.03	0.01	43.865	1623	190	0
	Control	0.017	0.007	21.833	655
Isovolumic relaxation time (m/s)	Case	0.107	0.026	43.23	1599.5	213.5	0
	Control	0.094	0.012	22.617	678.5
Acceleration time (m/s)	Case	0.054	0.011	33.703	1247	544	0.888
	Control	0.054	0.008	34.367	1031
Deceleration time (m/s)	Case	0.123	0.014	35.581	1316.5	496.5	0.456
	Control	0.121	0.015	32.05	961.5
E/A velocity ratio	Case	1.657	0.757	28.757	1064	361	0.014
	Control	1.842	0.461	40.467	1214
Left atrium/aorta ratio	Control	1.252	0.294	33.662	1245.5	542.5	0.875
	Case	1.203	0.15	34.417	1032.5
Preejection period (m/s)	Control	0.128	0.156	44.703	1654	159	0
	Case	0.094	0.101	20.8	624
Preejection period/ejection time (m/s)	Control	0.357	0.058	44.743	1655.5	157.5	0
	Case	0.294	0.039	20.75	622.5
Ejection time (m/s)	Control	0.25	0.026	27.865	1031	328	0.004
	Control	0.263	0.02	41.567	1247
Interventricular septal dimension in diastole (mm)	Case	6.319	1.294	40.243	1489	324	0.003
	Control	5.43	0.887	26.3	789
Ventricular posterior wall dimension in diastole (mm)	Case	4.211	1.222	41.149	1522.5	290.5	0.001
	Control	3.343	0.507	25.183	755.5
Interventricular septal dimension in systole (mm)	Case	9.276	1.761	39.365	1456.5	356.5	0.012
	Control	8.283	1.08	27.383	821.5
Interventricular septal dimension in systole (mm)	Case	4.251	1.246	41.662	1541.5	271.5	0
	Control	3.363	0.524	24.55	736.5