Albuminuria Is Associated with Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Patients with Early Diabetic Kidney Disease
Table 5
The echocardiographic data and LV geometry of type 2 diabetic patients in our study.
Characteristics
The presence of early DKD
Early DKD
Non-DKD
Early DKD
value
Microalbuminuria
Macroalbuminuria
value
()
()
()
()
LV dimension
LVIDD (mm)
47.1 ± 4.0
47.7 ± 4.7
0.183
47.2 ± 4.3
49.0 ± 5.1
0.059
LVIDS (mm)
0.027
0.009
IVSD (mm)
<0.001
0.565
PWTD (mm)
<0.001
0.241
RWT
0.004
0.924
LVMI (g/m2)
<0.001
0.062
EF (%)
0.205
0.052
FS (%)
0.057
0.039
LV geometry
Normal (%)
103 (47.0)
34 (29.8)
28 (33.7)
6 (19.4)
Concentric remodeling (%)
44 (20.0)
15 (13.2)
11 (13.3)
4 (12.9)
Concentric hypertrophy (%)
33 (15.2)
41 (36.0)
29 (34.9)
12 (38.7)
Eccentric hypertrophy (%)
39 (17.8)
24 (21.0)
15 (18.1)
9 (29.0)
LVH, (%)
72 (32.9)
65 (57.0)
<0.001
44 (53.0)
21 (67.7)
0.157
LV: left ventricle; LVMI: left ventricle mass index; LVIDD: left ventricular internal diameter, diastolic; LVIDS: left ventricular internal diameter, systolic; IVSD: interventricular septum, diastolic; PWTD: posterior wall thickness, diastolic; RWT: relative wall thickness; LVMI: left ventricular mass index; EF: ejection fraction; FS: fraction shortening. Data are means SD, median (25–75%), or number (percent).