Variable Better GLS Worse GLS P Value P Value
(n = 264) (n = 261)
High 2D image quality 97 (36.7%) 67 (25.7%) 0.006 0.006
Heart rate (beats/min)* 66.7±11.9 [66.0] 68.5±11.1 [67.0] 0.07 0.07
BP systolic (mmHg)*† 129.0±18.2 [129.0] 131.4±18.7 [130.0] 0.36 0.36
BP diastolic (mmHg)*† 77.2±9.3 [78.0] 79.8±12.9 [80.0] 0.01 0.01
LVEF (%) 62.0±3.6 [60.0] 59.5±5.2 [60.0] <0.0001 <0.0001
WMA 9 (3.4%) 42 (16.1%) <0.0001 <0.0001
LVEDD (cm) 4.5±0.43 [4.5] 4.6±0.48 [4.5] 0.05 0.05
LVESD (cm) 2.80±0.43 [2.80] 2.96±0.55 [3.0] 0.006 0.006
IVS (cm) 1.00±0.15 [1.0] 1.05±0.17 [1.0] <0.0001
PW (cm) 0.93±0.13 [0.9] 0.97±0.15 [1.0] 0.001
LA (cm) 3.56±0.47 [3.6] 3.50±0.46 [3.5] 0.85
PASP (mmHg) ‡ 25.65±7.2 [25.0] 24.4±6.2 [23.5] 0.1
E (cm/sec) 70.8±15.0 [70.0] 65.8±15.1 [64.0] <0.0001
A (cm/sec) 69.9±17.6 [68.0] 67.4±17.5 [66.0] 0.1
E/A 1.06±0.30 [0.99] 1.04±0.50 [0.95] 0.07 0.07
DecT (msec) 209.0±48.7 [205.0] 225.1±53.4 [208.0] 0.14 0.14
e’ septal (cm/sec) 8.07±2.08 [8.0] 7.5±2.0 [7.0] 0.001 0.001
e’ lateral (cm/sec) 10.3±2.7 [10.0] 9.3±2.8 [9.0] <0.0001 <0.0001
e’ mean (cm/sec) 9.1±2.4 [9.0] 8.2±2.3 [8.5] <0.0001 <0.0001
E/e’ mean 8.1±2.6 [7.6] 8.4±3.2 [7.6] 0.28
GLS -20.8±1.6 [-20.5] -16.7±1.5 [-17.0] <0.0001