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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 8.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2008 Jul 7;52(2):279–286. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.109819

Table 1.

Population Characteristics

Characteristic Patients Normal Controls
Sex 14 M, 5 F 7 M, 1 F
Blood pressure, mm Hg 178/94±14/14* 119/70±9/5*
Posterior wall thickness diastole, cm 1.24±0.22* 0.75±0.08*
Septal wall thickness diastole, cm 1.29±0.24* 0.79±0.06*
Septal/posterior wall ratio 1.00:1.04 1.00:1.05
LV end-diastolic dimension, cm 5.21±0.36 5.00±0.44
LV end-systolic dimension, cm 3.63±0.35 3.34±0.37
End-diastolic posterior wall thickness, cm 1.24±0.21 0.75±0.08
End-diastolic septal wall thickness, cm 1.29±0.24 0.79±0.06
Relative wall thickness 0.48±0.08* 0.30±0.03*
LV mass by MRI, g 220.4±73.7 121.0±24.2
LV mass/BSA by MRI, g/m2 97.5±32.6 55.7±11.2g
LV mass by echocardiography, g/m2.7 65.7±23.4 28.1±6.0
LV mass by echocardiography, g 280±87 131±29
LV mass/BSA by echocardiography, g/m2 163±52 74±15

BSA indicates body surface area; F, females; M, males.

*

Patients vs normal control subjects: P<0.001.

Patients vs normal control subjects: P<0.0001.