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Table 2 Comparison of echocardiographic data between groups

From: Long-term cardiac assessment in a sample of adolescent-onset anorexia nervosa

 

Low-weight AN group

Median (25th–75th percentiles) (n = 4)

Normal-weight AN group Median

(25th–75th percentiles) (n = 25)

Healthy controls Median (25th–75th percentiles) (n = 30)

Ha

p

Dunn post-hoc testb

LVEDD (mm)

40.75 (36.87–42)

47.37 (43.69–48.3)

46.47 (43.22–48)

9.741

0.008

aLW < NW*

LW < HC*

LVESD (mm)

23.8 (21.4–25.75)

26.9 (25–30)

28.55 (24.92–31.56)

5.415

0.067

 

IVSD (mm)

6.1 (4.77–6.75)

7 (6.25–8.08)

6.9 (6.17–7.52)

3.640

0.162

 

LVPWDd (mm)

5.55 (4.5–6.07)

5.8 (5.15–6.64)

6 (5.1–6.92)

1.649

0.438

 

Left atrium (mm)

27.5 (24.75–28.75)

30 (29–33)

32 (30–34)

7.792

0.020

aLW < HC*

LV mass (g)

66.4 (45.85–96.17)

113.15 (105.3–134.7)

120.4 (97.2–140.3)

8.290

0.016

aLW < NW*

LW < HC*

LV mass Index (g/m2)

50.47 (36.38–64.95)

72.97 (65.22–80.35)

73.11 (61.69–83.28)

5.704

0.058

 

Fractional shortening (%)

41.07 (38.69–42.50)

41.86 (36.86–44.68)

38.31 (34.1–42.51)

2.701

0.259

 

A wave (cm/secs)

42 (34.17–53.57)

42 (38–54)

50.35 (41.5–61)

3.330

0.189

 

E wave (cm/secs)

71 (53.1–85.07)

75 (62.97–81.25)

77 (68–92.6)

2.179

0.336

 

E/A

1.61 (1.3–2.05)

1.55 (1.27–2.02)

1.5 (1.26–2.09)

0.501

0.778

 

LVEF Simpson (%)

62 (58.25–68)

60 (57.5–67.75)

63 (60–65)

0.560

0.756

 

GLS (%)

− 24 (− 24)

− 22 (− 20, − 23)

− 22 (− 20, − 24)

3.033

0.219

 
  1. Bold: groups that show statistically significant differences
  2. Bold and italics: statistically significant
  3. LV left ventricular, LVEDD LV end-diastolic diameter, LVESD LV end-systolic diameter, IVSD interventricular septal wall dimension, LVPWDd LV posterior wall dimension, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, GLS global longitudinal strain, LW low-weight group, NW normal-weight group, HC healthy controls
  4. *p < 0.05
  5. aKruskal Wallis test
  6. bDunn–Bonferroni post hoc test; Statistical significance p < 0.05