Prevalence and predictors of cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction in patients with Type 2 diabetes

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence and predictors of an abnormal echocardiogram in patients with Type 2 diabetes. Cardiac function and structure were rigorously assessed by comprehensive transthoracic echocardiographic techniques in 229 patients with Type 2 diabetes. Cardiovascular risk factors and diabetic complications were assessed, and predictors of an abnormal echocardiogram were identified using multivariate logistic regression analysis. An abnormal echocardiogram was present in 166 patients (72%). LVH (left ventricular hypertrophy) occurred in 116 patients (51 %), and cardiac dysfunction was found in 146 patients (64%), of whom 109 had diastolic dysfunction a..