Table 1.

Baseline demographic, comorbidity, and echocardiographic variables stratified by sex.

Variable	N	Mean ± SD or N(%)
Age	339	78.35 ± 8.52
Male	206	77.35 ± 8.41
Female	133	79.24 ± 8.54
Body Surface Area (m 2 )	253	1.94 ± 0.24
Male	150	2.02 ± 0.21
Female	103	1.82 ± 0.24
Diabetes	242	72 (29.8)
Male	144	44 (30.6)
Female	98	28 (28.6)
Hypertension	244	220 (90.2)
Male	145	130 (89.7)
Female	99	90 (90.9)
Current Dialysis	244	5 (2.0)
Male	145	2 (1.4)
Female	99	3 (3.0)
Interventricular Septum Thickness (cm)	226	1.05 ± 0.17
Male	135	1.06 ± 0.19
Female	91	1.03 ± 0.13
Left Ventricular Posterior Wall Thickness (cm)	199	1.01 ± 0.09
Male	124	1.02 ± 0.11
Female	75	1.00 ± 0.06
Left Ventricle Internal Diameter End Diastole (cm)	252	4.06 ± 0.81
Male	150	4.20 ± 0.78
Female	102	3.86 ± 0.82
Left Ventricular Mass (g)	253	198.44 ± 62.47
Male	150	213.12 ± 61.64
Female	103	177.07 ± 57.56
Left Ventricular Mass Index (g/m 2 )	339	113.11 ± 31.18
Male	206	116.82 ± 30.44
Female	133	107.36 ± 31.54
Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (%)	226	59.58 ± 9.75
Male	134	58.59 ± 9.70
Female	92	61.03 ± 9.69
E/A Ratio	173	1.10 ± 0.74
Male	102	1.15 ± 0.86
Female	71	1.03 ± 0.54