Active BD
(n=40)
Inactive BD
(n=70)
Control
(n=46)
p
LVEDD (mm)
47.5±2
46.5±2.1
46.9±2.4
NS
LVSDD (mm)
28.3±2
28.1±2
29.1±2
NS
IVST (mm)
10.4±0.5
10.8±0.4
10.1±0.6
NS
Posterior wall thickness (mm)
9.8±0.2
9.4±0.7
9.6±0.4
NS
Left atrial diameter (mm)
34.6±1.1
33.2±2.1
32.5±1.8
NS
Aortic diameter (mm)
32.1±1.4
32.4±2.6
31.2±2.3
NS
Ejection fraction (%)
66.4±3
65.8±6
68±2
NS
BD, behçet’s disease; IVST, interventricular septal thickness; LVEDD, left ventricular end-diastolic dimension; LVESD, left ventricular end-systolic dimension; NS, not significant
Table 2:
Echocardiographic parameters of the study population.
