aDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine

bDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

cDepartment of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

Correspondence to Koki Nakanishi, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. Tel: +81 3 3815 5411; fax: +81 3 58009171; e-mail: [email protected]

Abbreviations: A, late diastolic transmitral flow velocity; ASE, American Society of Echocardiography; cf-PWV, carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity; CI, confidence interval; CRP, C-reactive protein; E, early diastolic transmitral flow velocity; e′, early diastolic mitral annular velocity; ePWV, estimated pulse wave velocity; GLS, global longitudinal strain; HDL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LV, left ventricle; LVEDD, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; PWT, posterior wall thickness; SWT, septal wall thickness

Received 13 January, 2022

Revised 15 July, 2022

Accepted 19 July, 2022