Clinical Study
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 (m2) | 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 |
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