Table 3.

Left ventricular diastolic function indices of the study population

Variables	Hypertensives with LVH n =56	Hypertensives without LVH n=94	Controlsn =150	ANOVA P value
Peak mitral E-wave (ms)	57.1±13.2	57.9±14.0	68.4±115.6	<0.001*
Peak mitral A-wave (ms)	60.8±18.1	59.9±15.6	56.2±143.4	NS
E/A ratio	1.00±0.30	1.04±0.4	1.33±0.3	<0.001*
IVRT (ms)	95.8±26.2	96.6±28.7	83.83±16.0	<0.001*
Deceleration time (ms)	163.7±57.8	157.0±60.1	177.5±40.7	<0.007*
Peak PVF S-wave (ms)	85.3±10.6	34,7±10.4	40.6±11.2	<0.001*
Peak PVF S-wave (ms)	31.0±9.0	32.9±9.4	33.7±10.3	NS
Ar (ms)	22.6±6.1	22.6±4.9	22.4±5.1	NS
S/D ratio	1.17±0.3	1.07±0.3	1.26±0.4	<0.001*

IVRT-Isovolumic relaxation time, Ar-Atrial reversal, PVF-Pulmonary venous flow, S/D-Systolic and diastolic wave ratio, plus-minus values mean ±SD, NS-not significant, LVH- Left ventricular hypertrophy, * Statistical significance