Impact of Gender on the Association of Epicardial Fat Thickness, Obesity, and Circadian Blood Pressure Pattern in Hypertensive Patients
Table 4
The echocardiographic measurements of the study population in females.
Without hypertension
With essential hypertension
ANOVA
Normal weight ()
Normal weight ()
Obese ()
value
EFT (mm)
6.4 ± 2.8
6.7 ± 2.8
7.5 ± 2.6
0.040
LVEDD (cm)
44.2 ± 6.21
44.9 ± 5.41
44.2 ± 4.40
0.609
LVESD (cm)
27.2 ± 4.42
28.1 ± 4.73
27.0 ± 3.89
0.302
IVSTd (mm)
11.6 ± 2.36
11.8 ± 2.04
12.8 ± 2.23
0.009
PWTd (mm)
9.79 ± 1.67
10.4 ± 1.97
10.9 ± 1.66
0.023
RWT
0.45 ± 0.11
0.47 ± 0.11
0.50 ± 0.09
0.134
LVMI (g/m2)
106.3 ± 29.8
113.6 ± 32.3
111.5 ± 30.2
0.498
LA diameter
33.2 ± 5.89
34.4 ± 5.31
35.3 ± 4.58
0.051
LA volume
16.5 ± 7.97
17.2 ± 5.97
17.9 ± 6.63
0.049
Aorta diameter
31.0 ± 3.53
31.5 ± 3.60
31.7 ± 2.89
0.603
EF (%)
68.7 ± 5.87
67.8 ± 7.00
69.4 ± 5.77
0.284
E (cm/sec)
69.5 ± 19.2
68.7 ± 18.5
66.7 ± 17.1
0.717
E/Ea
9.15 ± 2.76
9.95 ± 2.77
10.6 ± 3.13
0.048
A (cm/sec)
66.9 ± 16.6
70.6 ± 19.6
72.4 ± 15.7
0.367
All values are presented as the mean ± SD. EFT: epicardial fat thickness; LVDEDD: left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVESD: left ventricular end-systolic diameter; IVSTd: diastolic interventricular septal wall thickness; PWTd: diastolic posterior wall thickness; LVMI: left ventricular mass index; LA: left atrial diameter; EF: ejection fraction; E: peak early diastolic mitral filling velocity; Ea: mitral annular velocity; A: peak late diastolic mitral filling velocity; versus normotensive normal weight; versus hypertensive normal weight.
