Liver cirrhosis and left ventricle diastolic dysfunction: Systematic review

Table 8 Older age association with the presence of left ventricle diastolic dysfunction

Author	Number of cases, n	Older age association with the presence of LVDD, Yes/No/Not assessed	Age (patients without LVDD)1	Age (patients with LVDD)1	P value
Dadhich et al[31]	40	No	ND	ND	NS
Lee et al[32]	70	Yes	47.8 ± 8.0	58.2 ± 9.9	P < 0.001
Karagiannakis et al[33]	45	Yes	53.8 ± 13	62.8 ± 9	P = 0.016
Alexopoulou et al[34]	76	Yes	53.4 ± 16.5	62.4 ± 12.7	P = 0.04
Farouk et al[15]	35	NA	NA	NA	-
Bhuin et al[16]	70	NA	NA	NA	-
Cesari et al[35]	117	Yes	ND	ND	P = 0.005
Ru ız-del- Arbol et al[21]	80	No	ND	ND	NS
Rimbas et al[36]	46	NA	NA	NA	-
Hammami et al[25]	80	NA	NA	NA	-
Merli et al[37]	90	NA	NA	NA	-
Merli et al[26]	74	NA	NA	NA	-
Kazankov et al[38]	44	No	ND	ND	NS
Nazar et al[22]	100	No	55 ± 10	57 ± 10	NS
Devauchelle et al[39]	40	No	57 (10)	59 (13)	NS
Somani et al[24]	60	No	50.5 ± 9.9	49.5 ± 8.5	NS

¹Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. LVDD: Left ventricle diastolic dysfunction; NA: Not assessed; NS: Not significant.