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Table 4 Regional Helix angle gradient (HAg, °/%) in systole and diastole, mean ± SD

From: Relationship between cardiac diffusion tensor imaging parameters and anthropometrics in healthy volunteers

Helix Angle Gradient(°/%)

N = 43

p value

Systolic:

 

ANOVA: F = 24.0, p < 0.001

  Lateral

0.90 ± 0.16

Reference

  Anterior

0.98 ± 0.21

p = 0.13

  Inferior

0.76 ± 0.15

p < 0.001

  Septal

1.0 ± 0.12

P = 0.007

Diastolic:

 

ANOVA: F = 51.9, p < 0.001

  Lateral

0.58 ± 0.13

Reference

  Anterior

0.72 ± 0.12

p <0.001

  Inferior

0.61 ± 0.13

p =1.0

  Septal

0.83 ± 0.14

p <0.001

  1. Values are Bonferroni corrected and therefore a p value of p < 0.05 was taken as the level of significance