Assessment of left atrial function by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in patients with metabolic-associated fatty liver disease

The Egyptian Heart Journal

Table 7 Correlations between liver fibrosis and steatosis scores and various left atrial parameters

		Fibrosis score	Steatosis score	LA stiffness	Severity of LA diastolic dysfunction
Fibrosis score	r_s	–	0.332	0.089	0.280
Fibrosis score	p value	–	< 0.001*	0.125	< 0.001*
Steatosis score	r_s	0.332	–	0.470	0.760
Steatosis score	p value	< 0.001*	–	< 0.001*	< 0.001*
LA strain S-R(AVG)	r_s	− 0.247	− 0.492	− 0.524	− 0.611
LA strain S-R(AVG)	p value	< 0.001*	< 0.001*	< 0.001*	< 0.001*
LA strain S-CD (AVG)	r_s	0.296	0.429	0.467	0.525
LA strain S-CD (AVG)	p value	< 0.001*	< 0.001*	< 0.001*	< 0.001*
LA S-CT(AVG)	r_s	0.107	0.264	0.287	0.374
LA S-CT(AVG)	p value	0.064	< 0.001*	< 0.001*	< 0.001*
LA stiffness	r_s	0.089	0.470	–	0.589
LA stiffness	p value	0.125	< 0.001*	–	< 0.001*

r_s, Coefficient of Spearman rank-order correlation; S-R, Strain reservoir, S-CD, Strain conduit, S-CT, Strain contractile, AVG, Average
*Significant at p < 0.05