Table 1. Clinical characteristics of study patients.
| Characteristics | All patients (n = 849) |
| Age (year) | 61.6±13.5 |
| Male gender (%) | 55.4 |
| Smoking history (%) | 14.4 |
| Diabetes mellitus (%) | 28.9 |
| Hypertension (%) | 71.6 |
| Coronary artery disease (%) | 19.1 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (%) | 5.9 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 135.8±20.8 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 76.9±11.8 |
| Pulse pressure (mmHg) | 58.9±14.2 |
| Heart rate (beats/min) | 69.7±12.1 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 26.2±3.9 |
| bPEP (ms) | 101.6±17.9 |
| bET (ms) | 286.0±33.3 |
| bPEP/bET | 0.36±0.09 |
| Echocardiographic data | |
| PEP (ms) | 73.1±16.4 |
| ET (ms) | 290.2±34.6 |
| PEP/ET | 0.26±0.08 |
| LAVI (ml/m2) | 34.1±14.5 |
| LV relative wall thickness | 0.39±0.10 |
| LVMI (g/m2) | 137.2±45.4 |
| LV geometry | |
| non-LVH | 18.3 |
| concentric remodeling | 8.2 |
| eccentric LVH | 48.2 |
| concentric LVH | 25.3 |
| LVEF (%) | 63.5±12.1 |
| E (cm/s) | 70.7±21.7 |
| A (cm/s) | 79.8±27.2 |
| E/A | 0.95±0.42 |
| Ea (cm/s) | 8.6±3.2 |
| E/Ea | 9.4±4.8 |
| E-wave deceleration time (ms) | 207.5±65.2 |
Abbreviations. bPEP, brachial pre-ejection period; bET, brachial ejection time; PEP, pre-ejection period; ET, ejection time; LAVI, left atrial volume index; LV, left ventricular; LVMI, left ventricular mass index; LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; E, transmitral E wave velocity; A, transmitral A wave velocity; Ea, early diastolic mitral velocity.