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Table 1 Basic characteristics

From: Performance of Sokolow-Lyon index in detection of echocardiographically diagnosed left ventricular hypertrophy in a normal Eastern German population - results of the CARLA study

 

Men

Women

Parameter

n

mean

(95 % CI)

n

mean

(95 % CI)

SLI (mV)

950

2.1

(2.1–2.1)

808

2.2

(2.2–2.3)

age (years)

967

64.0

(63.4–64.7)

812

63.0

(62.3–63.7)

QTc (ms)

950

425.0

(423.6–426.6)

808

427.8

(426.2–429.4)

LVM (g)

909

120.03

(118.1–122.1)

784

105.3

(103.5–107.1)

LVMI (g/m2)

909

236.6

(230.4–240.9)

784

185.0

(181.4–188.6)

BMI (kg/m2)

867

27.9

(27.6–28.1)

812

28.1

(27.7–28.4)

SBP (mmHg)

966

144.5

(143.3–145.8)

812

140.0

(138.5–141.5)

DBP (mmHg)

966

85.2

(84.5–85.9)

812

82.5

(81.8–83.3)

Prevalence data

   
 

n

%

 

n

%

 

SLI

41

4.6 %

 

31

4.0 %

 

LVH

675

81.2 %

 

622

83.2 %

 

Hypertension

682

76.4 %

 

555

71.3 %

 

BMI

      

 BMI I

202

22.6 %

 

212

27.3 %

 

 BMI II

435

48.7 %

 

298

38.3 %

 

 BMI III

256

28.7 %

 

268

34.5 %

 
  1. SLI Sokolow-Lyon index, LVM left-ventricular mass, LVMI left-ventricular mass index; BMI body-mass-index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, QTc corrected QT-interval, 95 % CI 95 % confidence interval, LVH left ventricular hypertrophy, BMI I BMI: <25 kg/m2 (normal), BMI II BMI: 25–30 kg/m2 (overweight), BMI III BMI: >30 kg/m2 (obese) [16]