Table 2.

Echocardiographic characteristics of hypertensive patients according to duration of hypertension

Parameter value ±SD	All (n=227)	Duration of hypertension			p value
		Early	Intermediate	Long term
		(n=44)	(n=101)	(n=82)
IVSWTd (cm)	1.20 ± 0.29	1.03 ± 0.26	1.18 ± 0.29	1.32 ± 0.26	<0.001
LVPWTd (cm)	1.09 ± 0.27	0.95 ± 0.23	1.09 ± 0.25	1.18 ± 0.27	<0.001
LVIDd (cm)	4.86 ± 0.46	4.73 ± 0.33	4.75 ± 0.41	5.07 ± 0.49	<0.001
LVIDs (cm)	3.38 ± 0.50	3.21 ± 0.38	3.27 ± 0.43	3.61 ± 0.56	<0.001
FS (%)	30.88 ± 5.53	32.41 ± 5.21	31.50 ± 5.22	29.29 ± 5.76	0.003
RWT(cm)	0.45 ± 0.11	0.40 ± 0.09	0.46 ± 0.09	0.47 ± 0.14	0.004
LVM(g)	218.40 ± 88.24	169.18 ± 72.95	208.59 ± 90.93	256.95 ± 75.85	<0.001
LVMI-BSA (g/m2)	125.90 ± 52.95	94.59 ± 40.38	120.39 ± 55.26	149.49 ± 45.32	<0.001
LVMI-height2.7 (g/m2.7)	61.56 ± 27.66	45.50 ± 21.81	58.80 ± 29.22	73.59 ± 23.08	<0.001

IVSWTd = Inter-ventricular septal wall thickness at end-diastole, LVPWTd=Left ventricular posterior wall thickness at end-diastole, LVIDd=Left ventricular internal diameter at end-diastole, LVIDs=Left ventricular internal diameter at end-systole, FS= Fractional Shortening, RWT=Relative wall thickness, LVM=Left ventricular mass, LVMI-BSA= Left ventricular mass indexed to body surface area, LVMI-height^2.7= Left ventricular mass indexed to height^2.7.