Thickness and Ratio of Noncompacted and Compacted Layers of the Left Ventricular Myocardium Evaluated in 56 Normal Fetuses by Two-Dimensional Echocardiography

Table 1

The thickness and ratio of left ventricular noncompact (NC) and compact (C).

Section	Segment	Number	NC (mm); Mean ± Std. Deviation	C (mm); Mean ±Std. Deviation	NC/C; Mean ± Std. Deviation	95% Confidence Interval for Difference
						Lower Bound	Upper Bound
Upper section	Anterior	56	1.423±0.361	2.546±0.582	0.577±0.164	0.534	0.620
	Posterior	56	1.800±0.430	1.575±0.260	1.160±0.300	1.080	1.240
	Lateral	56	2.016±0.405	1.675±0.309	1.237±0.294	1.158	1.316
	Inferior	56	1.927±0.381	1.693±0.296	1.161±0.245	1.096	1.227
Lower section	Anterior	56	1.968±0.410	2.220±0.837	1.036±0.590	0.878	1.194
	Posterior	56	2.030±0.385	1.205±0.286	1.761±0.483	1.631	1.890
	Lateral	56	2.352±0.517	1.148±0.246	2.112±0.553	1.964	2.260
	Inferior	56	2.009±0.362	1.088±0.219	1.917±0.472	1.790	2.043