Association between High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Table 3

Echocardiographic features of patients with different serum NT-proBNP Levels.

Variables	High level	Normal level	𝑃 value
NT-proBNP	>125 pg/mL	<125 pg/mL	—
No.	17	89	—
LVDd (mm)	47.62±4.38	45.90±4.68	0.163
LVPWd (mm)	9.24±1.26	9.10±2.05	0.787
IVSd (mm)	9.10±1.64	8.95±1.72	0.741
E (cm/s)*	70.06±17.40	79.49±16.04	0.031
A (cm/s)*	98.90±19.72	73.27±12.40	<0.01
E/A^∗	0.75±0.16	1.14±0.36	<0.01
DT (ms)*	238.4±52.7	197.4±24.9	<0.01
E^′ (cm/s)*	6.24±1.24	9.91±2.61	<0.01
A^′ (cm/s)*	9.71±2.84	11.90±2.94	0.006
E/E^′∗	12.77±3.15	8.31±1.94	<0.01
LVEF (%)	64.90±6.62	67.05±4.01	0.075
FS (%)	39.52±5.32	41.62±4.68	0.100

Abbreviations: LVDd, left ventricular diastolic diameter; LVPWd, left ventricular posterior wall diastolic thickening; IVSd, interventricular septum diastolic thickening; E, peak early diastolic transmitral flow; A, peak late diastolic transmitral flow; E^′, peak early diastolic annular velocity; A^′, peak late diastolic annular velocity; E/E^′, the ratio of E to E^′; DT, deceleration time; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; FS, fractional shortening.
Data are expressed as mean ± SD.
*A 𝑃 value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.