Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Is Associated with Diastolic Filling Alterations in Normotensive Offspring of Hypertensive Nigerians
Table 1
Clinical and echocardiographic parameters in the study group.
Dimension
Subjects
Controls
value
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)
Number
65
65
Age (years)
21.6 (0.29)
21.7 (0.26)
0.88
Body mass index (kg/m2)
22.1 (3.0)
21.7 (2.8)
0.41
WC (cm)
80.4 (8.9)
78.3 (7.1)
0.22
Pulse rate (beats/min)
76.8 (11.6)
74.5 (9.7)
0.32
SBP (mmHg)
118.2 (9.0)
115.9 (8.8)
0.14
DBP (mmHg)
75.6 (7.6)
72.8 (8.8)
0.06
RVd (mm)
13.3 (4.5)
14.3 (3.6)
0.14
IVSd (mm)
11.2 (2.4)
11.2 (2.7)
0.97
PWd (mm)
9.7 (2.3)
8.5 (1.8)
0.001*
LVDd (mm)
45.6 (5.3)
45.4 (5.8)
0.8
LVDs (mm)
29.2 (6.5)
29.1 (4.8)
0.92
Ejection fraction (%)
66.8 (8.4)
65.5 (8.8)
0.4
LVM (g)
196.9 (63.8)
175.2 (58.8)
0.01*
LVMI (g/m2)
114.5 (32.6)
103.2 (26.1)
0.01*
AOD (mm)
27.3 (2.9)
27.2 (3.0)
0.78
LAD (mm)
30.7 (4.5)
30.8 (5.0)
0.88
RWT
0.43 (0.11)
0.38 (0.09)
0.001*
Key: WC: waist circumference, RVd: right ventricular dimension, IVSd: interventricular septum in diastole, PWd: posterior wall in diastole, LVDd: left ventricular dimension in diastole, LVDs: left ventricular dimension in systole, LVM: left ventricular mass, LVMI: left ventricular mass index, AOD: aortic dimension, LAD: left atrial dimension, and RWT: relative wall thickness. *Statistically significant.
