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Table 2 Echocardiographic measures at visit 1 (23–24 weeks) in the studied groups

From: Fetal echocardiographic parameters in pregnancies complicated by diabetes: a case control study

Variable

Normal control (n = 60)

DM (n = 60)

P value

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

 

Mitral E (cm/s)

30.7

8.24

27.2

6.15

0.009

Mitral A (cm/s)

46

12.22

49.41

11.23

0.11

Mitral E/A

0.67

0.11

0.55

0.05

 < 0.001

PAV (cm/s)

69.38

25.46

60.06

15.75

0.017

AAT (ms)

49.73

10.68

54.16

12.77

0.04

VFT (ms)

172.06

28.38

161

31

0.04

ICT (ms)

38.5

9.59

45.4

8.9

 < 0.001

VET (ms)

170.3

14.8

151

21.5

 < 0.001

IRT (ms)

46.13

10.29

54.7

11.22

 < 0.001

MPI

0.5

0.1

0.64

0.09

 < 0.001

IVST (mm)

3.17

0.6

4.08

0.8

 < 0.001

  1. PAV peak aortic velocity, AAT aortic acceleration time, VFT ventricular filling time, ICT Iso-volumetric contraction time, VET ventricular ejection time, RT Iso-volumetric relaxation time, MPI Myocardial Performance Index, IVST Interventricular septal thickness