Table 3.

Echocardiographic variables (means (SEM)) after adjustment for age, sex, body mass index, and systolic blood pressure taken by technician

	No hypertension (n=849)	Mild hypertension (n=129)	White coat hypertension (n=160)	Sustained hypertension (n=538)
Wall thickness (mm)
Septum	10.4 (0.07)	10.0 (0.2)*	10.7 (0.1)*	11.1 (0.1)*
Posterior	8.6 (0.06)	8.5 (0.2)	9.0 (0.1)*	9.2 (0.1)*
Left ventricular mass (g/m)	99.2 (1.3)	93.5 (3.0)	104.7 (2.4)*	110.5 (1.9)*
Fractional shortening (%)	35.4 (0.2)	36.8 (0.6)*	36.6 (0.5)*	35.2 (0.4)

^*P<0.05 versus no hypertension.