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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Hypertens. 2009 Dec;27(12):2472–2482. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328331054a

Table 2.

LVM, LVMi, and extent of coronary artery plaque based on the 17-segment coronary artery model for the 3 cohorts and when stratified by gender.

Total Men Women
Mean ± SD (range) Mean ± SD (range) Mean ± SD (range) p-value
LVM/BSAASE cohort, n n=337 n=206 n=131
 LVM, g 145.5 ± 38.3 (64.0 – 284.0) 164.6 ± 32.3 (64.0 – 284.0) 115.4 ± 25.5 (67.0 – 182.0) <0.0001
 LVM/BSA, g/m2 72.3 ± 14.0 (28.4 – 112.4) 78.0 ± 12.8 (28.4 – 112.4) 63.5 ± 10.8 (40.7 – 92.1) <0.0001
 Extent of coronary artery plaque, segments 2.3 ± 3.5 (0 – 16) 2.7 ± 3.7 (0 – 16) 1.7 ± 3.0 (0 – 13) 0.005
LVM/height2.7 cohort, n n=325 n=196 n=129
 LVM, g 143.7 ± 37.2 (64.0 – 284.0) 162.7 ± 31.3 (64.0 – 284.0) 115.0 ± 25.0 (67.0 – 182.0) <0.0001
 LVM/ height2.7, g/m2.7 33.4 ± 6.4 (12.5 – 49.9) 34.7 ± 6.0 (12.5 – 49.9) 31.4 ± 6.6 (16.2 – 45.5) <0.0001
 Extent of coronary artery plaque, segments 2.3 ± 3.5 (0 – 16) 2.7 ± 3.8 (0 – 16) 1.7 ± 3.0 (0 – 13) 0.009
LVM/BSACT cohort, n n=326 n=198 n=128
 LVM, g 143.2 ± 36.4 (64.0 – 284.0) 162.1 ± 30.0 (64.0 – 284.0) 113.9 ± 23.8 (67.0 – 166.0) <0.0001
 LVM/BSA, g/m2 71.3 ± 12.9 (28.4 – 101.6) 76.7 ± 11.5 (28.4 – 101.6) 62.8 ± 10.0 (40.7 – 88.2) <0.0001
 Extent of coronary artery plaque, segments 2.3 ± 3.4 (0 – 16) 2.6 ± 3.6 (0 – 16) 1.7 ± 3.0 (0 – 13) 0.02

Abbreviations as in Table 1. LVMi denotes LVM index; and SD, standard deviation.