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Table 3.

Regional LV Remodeling and Wall Stress.

Variable	Base			Mid			Distal
Variable	HTN (±SD)	Control (±SD)	P value	HTN (±SD)	Control (±SD)	P value	HTN (±SD)	Control (±SD)	P value
LVED Circ. Curv. (cm⁻¹)	0.38 (0.04)	0.38 (0.03)	NS	0.40 (0.04)	0.40 (0.03)	NS	0.49 (0.06)	0.50 (0.04)	NS
LVED Long. Curv.(cm⁻¹)	0.19 (0.02)	0.19 (0.02)	NS	0.07 (0.04)	0.06 (0.03)	NS	0.20 (0.04)	0.18 (0.04)	0.021(NS)
LVED Wall Thickness (cm)	1.02 (0.21)	0.78 (0.14)	<0.001	0.88 (0.18)	0.69 (0.14)	<0.001	0.67 (0.14)	0.57 (0.13)	<0.001
LV Wall Thickening (%)	58.4 (19.5)	47.0 (14.8)	0.001	78.3 (24.5)	63.8 (16.5)	<0.001	100.7 (36.1)	75.3 (27.7)	<0.001
LVED R/T Ratio	2.67 (0.58)	3.47 (0.66)	<0.001	3.04 (0.73)	3.79 (0.86)	<0.001	3.26 (0.85)	3.77 (1.04)	0.005(NS)
LVES R/T Ratio	1.11 (0.30)	1.65 (0.38)	<0.001	1.09 (0.36)	1.61 (0.38)	<0.001	1.05 ( 0.41)	1.47 ( 0.41)	<0.001
LVES Wall Stress (1000N/m²)	7.76 (2.94)	10.53 (2.57)	<0.001	7.40 (3.48)	9.83 (2.55)	<0.001	7.07 (3.86)	8.80 (2.83)	0.001

Significant P-value <0.0024; NS= not significant