TABLE 3.

Prevalence and Duration of Hypertension and Blood Pressure Values in Different Geometric Patterns

	Normal		Concentric Hypertrophy		Eccentric Hypertrophy		Concentric Remodeling
	Cases	Controls	Cases	Controls	Cases	Controls	Cases	Controls
Prevalence of hypertension, %	68.5	59.3	86.5	75.0	84.1	86.3	85.7	76.9
Hypertension duration, y*	10.9±10.6	12.7±13.5	15.8±15.3	18.7±17.0	14.4±12.3	12.0±10.4	13.7313.0	12.0±7.8
SBP, mm Hg	139.6±16.7	138.6±20.7	150.9±22.7	153.2±28.7	144.8±20.1	153.4±22.8	148.9322.4	144.2±21.8
DBP, mm Hg	80.7±10.4	81.7±11.2	86.1±13.2	86.0±13.3	84.2±11.3	84.7±12.6	85.0315.1	86.2±11.1

SBP indicates systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.

^*Mean±SD.