Evaluation of Mean Platelet Volume in Children with Hypertension

Table 2

Carotid intima-media thickness and echocardiographic findings of the cases.

	Hypertension group			Control group			value
	n	Mean ± SD	Median (25p–75p)	n	Mean ± SD	Median (25p–75p)
CIMT (mm)	43	0.49 ± 0.08	0.50 (0.40–0.50)	26	0.39 ± 0.06	0.40 (0.31–0.40)	<0.001
IVSd (cm)	43	0.78 ± 0.11	0.75 (0.71–0.82)	25	0.61 ± 0.11	0.58 (0.51–0.69)	<0.001
LVDd (cm)	43	4.89 ± 0.41	4.83 (4.54–5.20)	25	4.38 ± 0.58	4.25 (3.99–4.70)	<0.001
LVPWd (cm)	43	0.77 ± 0.12	0.75 (0.70–0.85)	25	0.61 ± 0.11	0.60 (0.56–0.64)	<0.001
IVSs (cm)	39	1.07 ± 0.19	1.00 (0.90–1.19)	18	0.83 ± 0.13	0.85 (0.76–0.92)	<0.001
LVDs (cm)	41	3.21 ± 0.35	3.2 (2.92–3.40)	24	2.86 ± 0.41	2.84 (2.52–3.18)	<0.001^#
LVPWs (cm)	32	1.14 ± 0.14	1.20 (1.00–1.20)	21	0.91 ± 0.13	0.90 (0.80–1.00)	<0.001
EF (%)	41	62.6 ± 6.86	60 (60–65)	25	64.4 ± 4.20	64 (60–68)	0.170
FS (%)	41	33.5 ± 4.15	33 (30–36)	25	34.3 ± 3.80	34 (30–37)	0.254
LVmass (g)	42	128 ± 28.3	123 (106–146)	25	79.6 ± 30.6	70.8 (55.3–106)	<0.001
Mitral-E (m/sn)	36	0.91 ± 0.16	0.90 (0.80–0.99)	26	0.91 ± 0.09	0.91 (0.85–0.97)	0.905^#
Mitral-A (m/sn)	36	0.56 ± 0.11	0.54 (0.50–0.60)	26	0.54 ± 0.12	0.52 (0.46–0.60)	0.236
Mitral E/A	36	1.67 ± 0.37	1.71 (1.38–1.82)	26	1.75 ± 0.32	1.67 (1.54–1.95)	0.406^#

CIMT: carotis intima-media thickness, IVSd: interventricular septal thickness at end-diastole, LVDd: left ventricular dimension end-diastolic diameter, LVPWd: left ventricular posterior wall thickness in end-diastole, IVSs: interventricular septal thickness at end-systole, LVDs: left ventricular dimension end-systolic diameter, LVPWs: left ventricular posterior wall thickness in end-systole EF: ejection fraction, FS: fractional shortening, LVmass: left ventricular mass, mitral-E: early diastolic velocity, mitral-A: late diastolic velocity, mitral E/A: mitral peak E/A wave velocity ratio. Mann–Whitney U test, ^#Student's t-test. The bold values represent statistically significant values ().