Impaired right ventricular contractile function in childhood obesity and its association with right and left ventricular changes: a cine DENSE cardiac magnetic resonance study

Table 2 Cardiac Geometry and Function (mean ± SD)

	Obese/Overweight n = 34	Healthy^a n = 36	p, age adjusted
LV geometry and function
LV mass index (g/m ^2.7 )	27 ± 4	22 ± 3	<0.001
LV end diastolic volume (mL)	135 ± 31	133 ± 41	0.85
LV mass/volume ratio	0.68 ± 0.10	0.60 ± 0.06	<0.001
LV ejection fraction (%)	62 ± 5	62 ± 4	0.99
RV geometry and function
RV end diastolic volume (mL)	149 ± 38	147 ± 46	0.80
RV end systolic volume (mL)	60 ± 17	59 ± 23	0.84
RV stroke volume (mL)	89 ± 23	88 ± 25	0.80
RV mass (g)	27 ± 6	24 ± 7	0.01
RV mass index (g/m ^2.7 )	8.2 ± 0.9	6.7 ± 1.1	<0.001
RV ejection fraction (%)	60 ± 5	61 ± 5	0.68
Strain
LV longitudinal strain (%)	−14 ± 2	−15 ± 2	0.02
RV free wall longitudinal strain (%)	−16 ± 4	−19 ± 5	0.02

Abbreviations: LV left ventricular, RV right ventricular
^aOne of the 36 healthy weight subjects did not complete cine SSFP imaging and was therefore not included in any of the measures of cardiac geometry or ejection fraction

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