Table 2.
Echocardiography characteristics of the participants in the data sets
| Overall, N = 483 | Tertile 1 <12.6 ng/ml n = 161 |
Tertile 2 12.6-18.7 ng/ml n = 162 |
Tertile 3 ≥18.8 ng/ml n = 160 |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Echocardiography characteristics | |||||
| LA, median (IQR) (mm) | 33 (30, 36) | 33 (30, 35) | 33 (30, 35) | 34 (31, 37) | 0.030 |
| RVD, median (IQR) (mm) | 20 (18, 22) | 20 (18, 22) | 20 (18, 22) | 20 (19, 22) | 0.694 |
| LVEDD, median (IQR) (mm) | 46 (43, 48) | 45 (42, 48) | 45 (43, 48) | 47 (45, 49) | <0.001 |
| LVEDS, median (IQR) (mm) | 28 (26, 30) | 28 (26, 30) | 28 (26, 30) | 29 (27, 31) | 0.016 |
| LVPWT, median (IQR) (mm) | 11 (10, 11) | 10 (9, 11) | 11 (10, 11) | 11 (10, 12) | <0.001 |
| IVST, median (IQR) (mm) | 11 (10, 11.5) | 10 (10, 11) | 11 (10, 11) | 11 (10, 12) | <0.001 |
| EF, median (IQR) (%) | 69 (65, 72) | 69 (65, 72) | 69 (66, 72) | 68.5 (64, 72) | 0.439 |
| FS, median (IQR) (%) | 39 (35, 41) | 38 (36, 41) | 39 (36, 41) | 38.5 (35, 41) | 0.589 |
| RWT, median (IQR) | 0.46 (0.43, 0.50) | 0.45(0.41, 0.50) | 0.47(0.43, 0.50) | 0.47(0.43, 0.51) | 0.148 |
| LVM, median (IQR) (g) | 169.6 (145.64, 198.1) | 161.36 (140.09, 182.45) | 165.95 (145.64, 187.54) | 185.81 (162.65, 211.09) | <0.001 |
| LVMI, median (IQR) (g/m2.7) | 93.78 (83.03, 106.23) | 90.13 (80.08, 99.61) | 91.98 (82.84, 101.50) | 102.43 (89.66, 117.60) | <0.001 |
| LVH, n (%) | 148 (30.64%) | 25 (15.53%) | 38 (23.46%) | 85 (53.13%) | <0.001 |
| Patterns of LV hypertrophy | <0.001 | ||||
| Normal LV, n (%) | 97 (20.08%) | 47 (29.19%) | 28 (17.28%) | 22 (13.75%) | |
| Concentric remodeling, n (%) | 238 (49.28%) | 89 (55.28%) | 96 (59.26%) | 53 (33.13%) | |
| Eccentric hypertrophy, n (%) | 21 (4.35%) | 4 (2.48%) | 8 (4.94%) | 9 (5.63%) | |
| Concentric hypertrophy, n (%) | 127 (26.29%) | 21 (13.04%) | 30 (18.52%) | 76 (47.50%) | |
Abbreviations: EF, ejection fraction; FS, fractional shortening; IVST, interventricular septum thickness; LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy; LVM, left ventricular mass; LVMI, left ventricular mass index; LA, left atrial area; LVEDD, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVEDS, left ventricular end-systolic diameter in systole; LVPWT, left ventricular posterior wall thickness; RVD, right ventricular diameter; RWT, relative wall thickness.