Impact of Arterial Hypertension on Left Atrial Size and Function

Table 1

Demographic and clinical variables in 100 subjects of the population’s sample in which all data were available.

Qualitative variables		Proportion (%)
Men	58	58
Diabetic	44	44
Obese	46	46
Smoking	17	17
Menopause	08	19
Sedentary	43	43
Grade AHT II	62	62
Asymptomatic	61	61
Stroke	03	03
Stable angina	06	06
LVH on ECG	26	26
No added salt diet	05	05
CA	20	20
ACE	39	39
ARAII	34	34
BB	19	19
DT	24	24
Statin	17	17
Aspirin	12	12
Monotherapy	47	47
Dual therapy	40	40
Triple therapy	13	13
Quantitative variables	Means
Age (years)	57,3 (41–79)
BMI (kg/m^2)	27,2 (21–36)
Hypertension duration (years)	5,7 (1–8)
Systolic blood pressure (mmhg)	12,72 (105–162)
Diastolic blood pressure (mmhg)	78,3 (63–102)
Heart rate (bpm)	63,2 (51–86)

BMI: body mass index; CA: calcium antagonists; ACE: angiotensin-converting enzyme; ARAII: angiotensin II receptor antagonists; BB: beta-blockers; DT: diuretics; LVH: left ventricular hypertrophy; ECG: electrocardiogram.