Speckle-Tracking and Tissue-Doppler Stress Echocardiography in Arterial Hypertension: A Sensitive Tool for Detection of Subclinical LV Impairment

Table 2

Clinical characterisitcs of the entire study population and sub-group analysis, -values: Mann-Whitney--Test, Fischer’s exact test.

		All subjects ()
		Hypertensive ()	Control ()	-value
	Sex	22 F, 24 M	25 F, 21 M	NS
	Age (years)	46.6 SD 14.4	44 SD 22.5	NS
	Height (cm)	174 SD 10.2	172.9 SD 9.2	NS
	Weight (kg)	86 SD 21.4	70.8 SD 11.9	0.000
	BMI	28.5 SD 7.6	23.6 SD 3	0.000
	BSA (m^2)	2 SD 0.2	1.8 SD 0.2	0.001
At rest	Systolic BP (mmHg)	131 SD 20.5	121.7 SD 16.7	0.043
	Diastolic BP (mmHg)	85.7 SD 13.5	78.8 SD 10.8	0.011
	Mean BP (mmHg)	100.8 SD 13.5	93.1 SD 10.5	0.002
	Heart rate (bpm)	69.3 SD 11.8	72.4 SD 15.1	NS
	EF (%)	56.3 SD 7.6	57.2 SD 7.2	NS
50 W	Systolic BP (mmHg)	152.0 SD 19.9	147.9 SD 19	NS
	Diastolic BP (mmHg)	90.1 SD 12.2	80.5 SD 11.3	0.000
	Mean BP (mmHg)	110.7 SD 11.6	103 SD 10.2	0.000
	Heart rate (bpm)	107.4 SD 13.2	113.2 SD 16	NS
	EF (%)	58.2 SD 8.1	59.5 SD 8.1	NS
150 W	Systolic BP (mmHg)	185.3 SD 23.4	175.8 SD 22.2	0.016
	Diastolic BP (mmHg)	93.6 SD 11.6	86.4 SD 12.9	0.008
	Mean BP (mmHg)	124.2 SD 13.4	116.2 SD 14.1	0.003
	Heart rate (bpm)	124.5 SD 15.8	140.2 SD 18.1	0.000
	EF (%)	59.8 SD 8.1	61.9 SD 6.6	NS