Central Systolic Hypertension in Patients with Well-Controlled Hypertension

Table 3

Basic echocardiographic parameters.

Parameter	Males	Females	value
Left ventricular dimension (cm)	5.1 ± 0.4	4.7 ± 0.4	n/a
LVM (g)	230.5 ± 45.6	172.8 ± 45.6	n/a
(g/m^2)	108.7 ± 18.1	96.8 ± 22.8	n/a
Relative wall thickness. RWT	0.41 ± 0.05	0.39 ± 0.05
Left ventricular EF (%)	58.6 ± 4.4	60.3 ± 4.1
Left ventricular hypertrophy, LVH	11 patients (29%)	33 patients (53%)

Data are given as mean ± standard deviation.
LVM: left ventricular mass, : left ventricular mass per m² of body surface area (g/m²), RWT: relative wall thickness-ratio of wall thickness to internal dimension of left ventricle (RWT = IVS + LVPW/LVID), LVH: left ventricular hypertrophy- ≥ 95 g/m² in women or ≥ 115 g/m² in men, and n/a: not applicable due to sex differences of reference values.