Cardiac Diastolic Evaluation in Pregnant Women with Abnormal Glucose Tolerance: An Opportunity to Detect the Early and Subclinical Alterations and Prevent Cardiovascular Diseases

Table 3

Doppler and tissue Doppler parameters.

	Abnormal glucose tolerance woman	Normal glucose tolerance woman	𝑃 value
𝑁(%)	55 (50.9)	53 (49.1)	Ns
Pulmonary artery pressure, PAP (mmHg)	21.3±6.3	20.3±6.7	Ns
Transmitral 𝐸 velocity (cm/s)	81.0±22.0	77.2±20.0	Ns
Transmitral 𝐴 velocity (cm/s)	75.2±14.2^∗	67.7±16.2	0.01
𝐸/𝐴 ratio	1.1±0.3	1.2±0.3	Ns
Lateral 𝐸^′ velocity (cm/s)	16.3±3.2	17.3±5.9	Ns
Lateral 𝐴^′ velocity (cm/s)	13.6±4.9^∗	11.9±4.9	0.03
𝐸/𝐸^′ ratio	5.0±1.3	4.8±1.5	Ns
𝐸^′/𝐴^′ ratio	1.3±0.5^∗	1.7±1.0	0.01

Data are expressed as means ± SD or percentages. ^∗𝑃 values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.