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Table 2 Echocardiographic characteristics of 1641 untreated hypertensive patients

From: Prevalence and risk factors of abnormal left ventricular geometrical patterns in untreated hypertensive patients

Variables

Whole group (n = 1641)

Male (n = 1044)

Female (n = 597)

p value

IVSd (mm)

10.6 ± 2.14

10.5 ± 2.20

10.7 ± 2.03

0.053

PWTd (mm)

9.4 ± 1.54

9.5 ± 1.46

9.1 ± 1.64

<0.001

LVIDD (mm)

44.4 ± 5.25

45.3 ± 4.97

42.9 ± 5.37

<0.001

LV mass(g)

152.5 ± 46.43

158.1 ± 48.04

142.5 ± 41.69

<0.001

LVMI-BSA(g/m 2 )

84.5 ± 24.70

83.5 ± 25.13

86.2 ± 23.84

0.027

LVMI-height 2.7 (g/m 2.7 )

39.4 ± 12.60

37.8 ± 12.24

42.0 ± 12.79

<0.001

RWT(cm)

0.43 ± 0.092

0.43 ± 0.085

0.44 ± 0.102

0.117

  1. IVSd: end-diastolic interventricular septal thickness; PWTd: end-diastolic posterior wall thickness; LVIDD: end-diastolic LV internal dimension; LVMIBSA: left ventricular mass index divided by body mass index; LVMIh2.7: left ventricular mass index divided by height2.7; RWT: relative wall thickness.