Ventricular and atrial function assessment with transthoracic echocardiography in patients with rheumatic inflammatory disease

The Egyptian Heart Journal

Table 1 Baseline characteristics

	Cases				Controls (n = 64)	p value
	All rheumatic diseases (n = 64)	SLE (n = 30)	SSc (n = 21)	RA (n = 10)	Controls (n = 64)	p value
Sex (n)
Male	11	6	2	2	11	1.000
Female	53	24	19	8	53
Age	38.22 ± 11.09	35.13 ± 9.19	41.33 ± 13.79	42.10 ± 8.90	37.64 ± 9.57	0.753
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	115.05 ± 6.20	116.17 ± 5.67	113.52 ± 7.51	114.90 ± 5.45	111.55 ± 18.82	0.160
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	73.45 ± 5.26	74.33 ± 5.25	72.52 ± 5.53	72.20 ± 4.73	73.22 ± 4.52	0.787
Heart rate (pulse/min)	79.61 ± 6.99	80.20 ± 8.77	78.52 ± 5.47	79.20 ± 4.18	76.75 ± 6.84	0.021
Body surface area (m²)	1.661 ± 0.0572	1.667 ± 0.0392	1.640 ± 0.0780	1.681 ± 0.0477	1.664 ± 0.0497	0.767

Data are represented as mean ± standard deviation for continuous variables
SLE systemic lupus erythematosus, SSc systemic sclerosis, RA rheumatoid arthritis