Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Is Associated with Diastolic Filling Alterations in Normotensive Offspring of Hypertensive Nigerians

Table 2

Doppler echocardiographic indices in the subjects and the controls.

Indices	Subjects	Controls	𝑃 value
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Peak aortic velocity (cm/s)	99.7 (27.1)	100.8 (17.6)	0.8
Peak pulmonary velocity (cm/s)	95.8 (21.3)	94.0 (15.0)	0.6
Mitral inflow velocities
E velocity (cm/s)	73.3 (12.6)	80.2 (22.5)	0.01*
A velocity (cm/s)	42.8 (9.8)	45.1 (12.8)	0.25
E/A Ratio	1.78 (0.43)	1.82 (0.49)	0.7
Deceleration time (ms)	236.2 (99)	247.6 (122.5)	0.6
Isovolumic relaxation time (ms)	98.7 (16.5)	98.8 (17.1)	0.9
Pulmonary venous flow
S wave (cm/s)	49.5 (8.5)	55.8 (9.5)	0.01*
D wave (cm/s)	37.3 (11.7)	43.5 (10.7)	0.087
Atrial reversal wave (cm/s)	25.3 (6.0)	25.0 (5.7)	0.9

*Statistically significant.