Left ventricular geometric patterns and adaptations to hemodynamics are similar in elderly men and women

Table 3 Mean values ± SD for echocardiographic LV-dimensional variables evaluating differences between LV-geometrical groups

Echo-variables	Normal	Eccentric LVH	Concentric remodeling	Concentric LVH	ANOVA P-value	Interaction P-value
N	416	80	260	162
LA (mm)	37 + 6	43.7 + 6.6 ****	38.5 + 6.5 **	43.2 + 6.0 ****	<0.0001	0.59
LVMI m2.7	35 + 7.4	60 + 9.0 ****	40 + 7.4 ****	61 + 9.2 ****	<0.0001	0.94
IVS (mm)	9.4 + 1.3	11 + 1.2 ****	11.8 + 1.5 ****	13.6 + 1.3 ****	<0.0001	0.91
LVEDD (mm)	47 + 4.5	56 + 5.0 ****	43 + 4.0 ****	49 + 4.3 ***	<0.0001	0.73
PW (mm)	8.5 + 1.0	10.2 + 1.0 ****	10.2 + 1.2 ****	11.6 + 1.4 ****	<0.0001	0.48
RWT	0.38 + 0.04	0.39 + 0.04 *	0.52 + 0.07 ****	0.52 + 0.06 ****	<0.0001	0.78

At right the P-value for a gender-LVgroup interaction is given LA = Left atrium diameter, LVMI m^2.7 = Left ventricle mass index for height^2.7, IVS = Interventricular septal thickness, LVEDD = Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, PW = Posterior wall, RWT = Relative wall thickness, * = P-value < 0.05, ** = P-value < 0.01, *** = P-value < 0.001, **** = P-value < 0.0001 vs normal geometry

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