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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 5.

Comparison of patient characteristics with normal geometry versus concentric remodeling.

LVM/BSAASE cohort LVM/height2.7 cohort LVM/BSACT cohort

Normal geometry Concentric remodeling p-value Normal geometry Concentric remodeling p-value Normal geometry Concentric remodeling p-value
Demographics, n (%) 272 (81.2%) 63 (18.8%) 265 (81.8%) 59 (18.2%) 264 (81.5%) 60 (18.5%)
 Age, yrs 52.4 ±11.5 53.6 ± 11.7 0.43 52.3 ± 11.5 53.3 ± 12.2 0.55 52.3 ± 11.5 53.8 ± 11.7 0.37
 Gender, male (%) 152 (55.9%) 53 (84.1%) <0.0001 146 (55.1%) 50 (84.8%) <0.0001 146 (55.3%) 51 (85.0%) <0.0001
 Race, black (%) 24 (8.8%) 6 (9.5%) 0.81 23 (8.7%) 4 (6.8%) 0.80 24 (9.1%) 5 (8.3%) 0.85
 Body mass index, kg/m2 28.7 ± 5.7 30.0 ± 6.1 0.12 28.5 ± 5.5 29.1 ± 5.1 0.50 28.7 ± 5.7 29.9 ± 6.2 0.14
Risk factors
 Hypertension (%) 94 (34.6%) 32 (50.8%) 0.02 88 (33.2%) 28 (47.5%) 0.04 90 (34.1%) 30 (50.0%) 0.02
 Diabetes (%) 26 (9.6%) 7 (11.1%) 0.65 24 (9.1%) 5 (8.5%) 0.89 23 (8.7%) 6 (10.0%) 0.75
 Hyperlipidemia (%) 98 (36.0%) 21 (33.3%) 0.77 94 (35.5%) 19 (32.2%) 0.76 94 (35.6%) 20 (33.3%) 0.74
 History of CAD (%) 13 (4.8%) 3 (4.8%) 1.0 13 (4.9%) 3 (5.1%) 1.0 12 (4.6%) 3 (5.0%) 0.75
 Family history of CAD (%) 59 (21.7%) 24 (38.1%) 0.009 57 (21.5%) 23 (39.0%) 0.007 57 (21.6%) 23 (38.3%) 0.007
 History of LV dysfunction (%) 4 (1.5%) 1 (1.6%) 1.0 1 (1.5%) 1 (1.7%) 1.0 4 (1.5%) 1 (1.7%) 1.0
 Smokers (%) 132 (48.5%) 36 (57.1%) 0.26 129 (48.7%) 35 (59.3%) 0.15 127 (48.1%) 36 (60.0%) 0.10
Medications
 Aspirin (%) 86 (31.6%) 16 (25.4%) 0.37 83 (31.3%) 15 (25.4%) 0.43 82 (31.1%) 15 (25.0%) 0.35
 Statin (%) 74 (27.2%) 16 (25.4%) 0.88 70 (26.4%) 14 (23.7%) 0.74 71 (26.9%) 15 (25.0%) 0.76
 Hypertensive Medication (%) 93 (34.2%) 31 (49.2%) 0.03 87 (32.8%) 27 (45.8%) 0.06 89 (33.7%) 29 (48.3%) 0.03
Presenting Characteristics
 SBP, mmHg 138 ± 22 139 ± 21 0.85 138 ± 22 137 ± 19 0.73 138 ± 22 138 ±18 0.91
 eGFR, ml/min/1.73 m2 85.0 ± 17.3 82.6 ± 18.3 0.33 84.7 ± 17.4 82.3 ± 18.5 0.35 84.8 ± 17.3 81.9 ± 18.2 0.24
CT Measurements
 LV ejection fraction, % 67.5 ± 9.5 69.8 ± 7.6 0.07 67.5 ± 9.5 69.7 ± 7.8 0.09 67.6 ± 9.5 70.1 ± 7.7 0.05
 RWT ratio 0.33 ± 0.05 0.50 ± 0.07 <0.0001 0.33 ± 0.05 0.50 ± 0.07 <0.0001 0.33 ± 0.05 0.50 ± 0.07 <0.0001

Abbreviations as in Table 1.