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Table 4 Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of different LV geometrical patterns

From: Assessment of left ventricular geometrical patterns and function among hypertensive patients at a tertiary hospital, Northern Tanzania

Clinical and echocardiographic variables (±SD)

Left ventricular geometrical patterns

p value

 

Normal

Concentric remodelling

Concentric hypertrophy

Eccentric hypertrophy

 

Age (years)

57.62 ± 9.93

57.53 ± 9.99

61.19 ± 11.79

68.44 ± 10.25

<0.001

Male [n (%)]

36 (42.9)

12 (14.3)

16 (19.0)

20 (23.8)

0.003

Female [n(%)]

32 (22.4)

33 (23.1)

48 (33.4)

30 (21.0)

 

Age at diagnosis (years)

54.85 ± 10.09

54.02 ± 8.84

55.17 ± 12.33

55.88 ± 11.13

0.865

BMI (kg/m2)

25.97 ± 4.250

27.20 ± 4.99

29.72 ±6.01

27.60 ±5.206

0.001

BSA (m2)

1.74 ± 0.17

1.74 ± 0.15

1.78 ± 0.19

1.74 ± 0.15

0.581

DBP (mmHg)

94.71 ± 10.14

98.67 ± 1.40

100.62 ± 10.97

95.20 ± 7.62

0.003

SBP (mmHg)

150.59 ± 14.24

166.67 ± 16.65

169.69 ± 20.39

159.60 ± 18.40

<0.001

MAP (mmHg)

113.33 ± 8.43

121.33 ± 11.53

123.65 ± 12.83

116.67 ± 10.034

<0.001

HTN duration (years)

2.76 ± 4.33

3.51 ± 3.32

6.02 ± 4.37

12.56 ± 8.41

<0.001

IVSWTd (cm)

0.96 ± 0.13

1.05 ± 0.11

1.59 ± 0.21

1.18 ± 0.14

<0.001

LVPWTd (cm)

0.87 ± 0.08

1.02 ± 0.10

1.47 ± 0.16

0.98 ± 0.098

<0.001

LVIDd (cm)

4.76 ± 0.29

4.35 ± 0.21

4.90 ± 0.34

5.41 ± 0.30

<0.001

LVIDs (cm)

3.23 ± 0.39

2.98 ± 0.27

3.36 ± 0.41

3.96 ± 0.38

<0.001

FS

32.53 ± 5.30

31.53 ± 4.92

31.72 ± 5.71

26.96 ± 4.27

<0.001

RWT (cm)

0.37 ± 0.04

0.47 ± 0.04

0.60 ± 0.08

0.36 ± 0.031

<0.001

LV mass (g)

150.00 ± 25.39

153.20 ± 19.71

326.12 ± 74.14

232.32 ± 25.38

<0.001

LVMI-BSA (g/m2)

86.59 ± 14.80

88.56 ± 11.22

187.22 ± 51.72

134.48 ± 25.84

<0.001

LVMI-height2.7 (g/m2.7)

40.32 ± 7.97

42.47 ± 5.41

94.47 ± 25.66

65.52 ± 13.37

<0.001

  1. HTN=hypertension, BMI=Body Mass Index, BSA=Body surface area, DBP=Diastolic blood pressure, SBP=Systolic blood pressure, MAP=Mean arterial pressure, IVSWTd=Interventricular septal wall thickness at end-diastole, LVPWTd=LV posterior left ventricular wall at end-diastole, LVIDd=LV internal diameter at end-diastole, LVIDs=LV internal diameter at end-systole, FS=fractional shortening, RWT=Relative wall thickness , LVMI-BSA=Left Ventricular mass indexed to Body Surface Area, LVMI-height 2.7=left ventricular mass indexed to height 2.7.