Research Article
Correlation of Prehypertension with Left Ventricular Mass Assessed by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Table 1
Patient’s characteristics, left ventricular mass index, and blood pressure categories.
| | | Prehypertensives | Normotensives | Statistical significance | | | Yes () 45% | No () 55% |
| | Age (mean ± SD) | 56 ± 9.6 | 52.8 ± 7.3 | 0.122 | | Race (number/%) | | | | | White | 17 (58.6) | 21 (60) | Not significant | | Black | 8 (27.6) | 10 (28.6) | | | Asian | 3 (10.4) | 1 (2.9) | | | Hispanic | 1 (3.4) | 3 (8.5) | | | Gender (number/%) | | | | | Female | 18 (62.1) | 24 (66.7) | 0.796 | | Male | 11 (37.9) | 12 (33.3) | | | BMI (kg/m2) | 27.5 ± 4.5 | 26.7 ± 3.8 | 0.4 | | BSA (m2) | 1.88 ± 0.26 | 1.85 ± 0.18 | 0.57 | | Augmentation pressure (mmHg) | 8.4 ± 5.6 | 6.3 ± 4.4 | 0.096 | | Augmentation pressure index (%) | 23.8 ± 13 | 20.11 ± 14 | 0.275 | | LV mass index (g/m2) | 34.45 ± 7.4 | 29 ± 6 | 0.002 |
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BMI: body mass index, BSA: body surface area, LV: left ventricle, and LVMI: left ventricular mass index.
Values are presented as mean ± SD.
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