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

Table 4

Correlates of indices of left ventricular diastolic function in offspring of hypertensive parents.

Parameters	E velocity	A velocity	E/A ratio
	(𝑅, 𝑃 value)	(𝑅, 𝑃 value)	(𝑅, 𝑃 value)
Age	−0.279 (0.024)*	−0.01 (0.9)	−0.081 (0.5)
BMI	0.093 (0.46)	0.032 (0.8)	0.051 (0.69)
LVHe	−0.024 (0.85)	0.298 (0.016)*	−0.325 (0.008)*
WC	−0.116 (0.5)	−0.224 (0.18)	0.052 (0.8)
AOD	−0.139 (0.3)	−0.287 (0.02)*	−0.255 (0.04)*
LAD	−0.008 (0.95)	0.072 (0.57)	−0.006 (0.96)

Key: BMI: body mass index, LVHE: electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy, WC: waist circumference, AOD: aortic dimension, 𝑅: is the coefficient of correlation, and LAD: left atrial dimension. *Statistically significant.