Sex differences in circulating proteins in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Table 2 Echocardiography characteristics of patients in the MEDIA-DHF cohort according to sex

Echocardiographic variables, mean ± SD	Global (N = 392)	Male (N = 142)	Female (N = 250)	p value	% of missing values
LVEF, %	60.8 ± 7.0	60.5 ± 6.9	61.0 ± 7.0	0.54	0
E/e’	13.3 ± 5.2	12.6 ± 4.6	13.7 ± 5.4	0.057	7
PASP, mmHg	34.8 ± 12.7	34.9 ± 15.0	34.8 ± 11.4	0.97	25
TAPSE, cm	20.5 ± 4.8	21.0 ± 5.4	20.2 ± 4.4	0.13	10
E/A	1.3 ± 0.9	1.4 ± 1.0	1.2 ± 0.8	0.033	30
LDEVi	43.8 ± 14.0	48.3 ± 14.4	41.1 ± 13.1	< 0.001	4
LDESi	17.4 ± 7.3	19.6 ± 7.5	16.2 ± 6.7	< 0.001	6
LAVI, ml/m²	43.8 ± 15.8	45.0 ± 16.6	43.1 ± 15.4	0.27	3

Legend: LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, E/e’ the ratio of mitral inflow velocity and early mitral annulus velocity, PASP pulmonary artery systolic pressure, TAPSE tricuspidal annular plane systolic excursion, E/A ratio of the early (E) to late (A) ventricular filling velocities, LVEDVi left ventricular end-diastolic volume index, LVESVi left ventricular end-systolic volume index, LAVI left atrial volume index, IQR interquartile range, SD standard deviation

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