Cardiovascular outcomes after simultaneous pancreas kidney transplantation compared to kidney transplantation alone: a propensity score matching analysis

Table 5 Echocardiographic characteristics of the study patients

Variable	SPKT	P¹	KTA	P¹	P²
LV structure
LVPWd in mm
pretransplant	12.4 ± 2.9		13.8 ± 2.6		0.06
follow-up	13.8 ± 3.1	0.176	14.7 ± 2.6	0.234	0.261
IVSd in mm
pretransplant	13.8 ± 2.8		13.1 ± 3.3		0.145
follow-up	12.4 ± 2.9	0.07	13.3 ± 2.5	0.789	0.765
LVDd in mm
pretransplant	48.7 ± 4.2		49.8 ± 6.8		0.754
follow-up	45.3 ± 5.2	0.016	51.8 ± 9.6	0.43	0.011
LVDs in mm
pretransplant	32.5 ± 6.2		30.9 ± 4.2		0.823
follow-up	28.1 ± 5.1	0.05	32.1 ± 5.2	0.67	0.04
LVMI in mm
pretransplant	92.1 ± 16.9		98.6 ± 15.4		0.21
follow-up	82.3 ± 23.4	0.01	89.4 ± 10.2	0.1	0.04
LV systolic function
LVEF in %
pretransplant	59.8 ± 9.1		53.1 ± 7.9		0.017
follow-up	64.5 ± 8.5	0.035	57.8 ± 8.3	0.159	0.013
LVFS in %
pretransplant	35.1 ± 7.6		31.9 ± 6.8		0.369
follow-up	41.2 ± 8.8	0.02	35.1 ± 7.9	0.424	0.021

data are present as the mean ± standard deviation; P¹ = intra-group p-values; P² = inter-group p-values
LV left ventricular, LVPWd LV posterior wall diastole, IVSd interventricular septum diastole, LVDd diastolic LV dimension, LVDs systolic LV dimension, LVMI LV mass index, LVEF LV ejection fraction, LVFS LV fractional shorting

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