Table 1.
Patient characteristics stratified by LVH risk score.
| Group n |
Overall 2478 |
Score 0 1330 (54%) |
Score ≥ 1 1148 (46%) |
Score ≥ 2 282 (11%) |
Score 3 24 (1%) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 44 (10) | 41 (9) | 46 (10) | 49 (9) | 51 (8) | <.0001 |
| Men | 1115 (45%) | 467 (35%) | 648 (56%) | 200 (71%) | 19 (79%) | <.0001 |
| Black | 1169 (47%) | 604 (45%) | 565 (49%) | 174 (62%) | 22 (92%) | <.0001 |
| Hypertension | 690 (29%) | 294 (22%) | 396 (35%) | 150 (53%) | 19 (79%) | <.0001 |
| Diabetes | 237 (10%) | 106 (7%) | 131 (12%) | 47 (19%) | 3 (13%) | <.0001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 30 (7) | 30 (7) | 29 (7) | 29 (7) | 28 (8) | 0.03 |
| BMI >30 | 1081 (44%) | 607 (46%) | 474 (41%) | 111 (39%) | 9 (38%) | 0.06 |
| LVEF (%) | 72 (7) | 73 (7) | 72 (8) | 70 (10) | 65 (15) | 0.0014 |
| LV Mass (g) | 161 (43) | 153 (38) | 171 (47) | 196 (39) | 242 (55) | <.0001 |
| GFR * | 101 (23) | 103 (21) | 99 (24) | 94 (25) | 92 (30) | <.0001 |
| Sokolow-Lyon voltage (mm) | 22 (7) | 21 (6) | 24 (8) | 28 (9) | 43 (7) | <.0001 |
| NTproBNP (pmol/L) | 7.2 (46.5) | 2.8 (2.1) | 13 (70.8) | 31.2 (145.2) | 73 (138.9) | <.0001 |
| cTnT (mcg/L) | 0.003 (0.008) | Below detectable | 0.006 (0.012) | 0.010 (0.022) | 0.012 (0.012) | <.0001 |
Data shown are mean (±standard deviation) for continuous variables and n (%) for categorical variables.
*
GFR stands for glomerular filtration rate, measured in mL/min/1.73m2.