Association between insulin resistance and left ventricular hypertrophy in asymptomatic, Black, sub-Saharan African, hypertensive patients: a case–control study

Table 3 Simple linear regression showing the determinants of left ventricular mass in Black patients with essential hypertension

Variables	R	Β	p
Age in years	0.190	0.22	0.005
HTN duration in years	0.313	0.57	< 0.001
BMI (kg/m²)	0.444	0.99	< 0.001
WC in cm	0.425	0.39	< 0.001
Glycemia (mmol/L)	0.201	1.19	0.003
Insulin (mmol/L)	0.448	0.12	< 0.001
HOMA-IR	0.437	5.80	< 0.001

HTN = hypertension; BMI = body mass index; WC = waist circumference; HOMA-IR = homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance

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