Evaluation of Subclinical Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in Chronic Asymptomatic Alcoholics by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography
Table 1
Demographic, clinical, and biochemical variables of alcoholic patients and controls.
Alcoholic patients
Healthy controls
Age (years)
43.17 ± 1.4
38.0 ± 1.73
0.022
BMI (kg/m2)
24.79 ± 0.68
26.60 ± 0.82
0.093
Body surface area (m2)
1.89 ± 0.03
1.96 ± 0.03
0.123
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
119.29 ± 1.7
118.77 ± 1.54
0.829
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
77.86 ± 1.0
73.83 ± 1.21
0.012
AST (U/L)
65.33 ± 12.47
22.39 ± 1.21
0.005
ALT (U/L)
62.54 ± 10.96
26.73 ± 2.06
0.008
TChol (mg/dL)
207.92 ± 6.92
182.70 ± 8.39
0.023
HDL-Chol (mg/dL)
59.89 ± 3.20
39.66 ± 1.76
0.000
LDL-Chol (mg/dL)
118.32 ± 5.67
110.70 ± 6.45
0.381
TG (mg/dL)
185.61 ± 17.9
167.17 ± 12.54
0.439
Glucose (mg/dL)
86.76 ± 1.47
87.80 ± 1.64
0.641
ESR (mm/hour)
13.31 ± 0.93
5.80 ± 1.06
0.000
CRP (mg/dL)
0.89 ± 0.08
0.18 ± 0.04
0.000
Hemoglobin, g/L
14.78 ± 0.22
15.33 ± 0.15
0.067
WBC count
8585.71 ± 449
7668 ± 342
0.135
RDW
13.91 ± 0.19
13.67 ± 0.16
0.369
MPV
8.58 ± 0.19
7.71 ± 0.23
0.004
Neutrophil count
5305.52 ± 355
4386.33 ± 242
0.054
Lymphocyte count
2221.95 ± 115
2386.33 ± 136
0.361
Creatinine, mg/dl
0.79 ± 0.01
0.86 ± 0.02
0.008
Duration of heavy drinking year (years)
20.38 ± 1.37
0
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Daily ethanol consumption (g)
186.64 ± 7.0
0
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TLDE (kg ethanol/kg body weight)
19.94 ± 12.17
0
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BMI: body mass index, CRP: C-reactive protein, ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate, WBC: white blood cell, RDW: red cell distribution width, MPV: mean platelet volume, AST: aspartic acid transaminase, ALT: alanine transaminase, TLDE: total lifetime dose of ethanol. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.
