Table 4. Tissue Doppler Indexes At The Medial (Septal) Mitral Valve Annulus.

Variable (medial annulus)	Offspring of hypertensive parents (n = 80)	Offspring of normotensive parents (n = 62)	p-value	Adjusted p-value
Medial Sm (m/s)	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.04)	0.970	0.940
Medial Em (m/s)	0.2 (0.05)	0.3 (1.38)	0.037*	0.348
Medial Am (m/sec)	0.1 (0.03)	0.1 (0.03)	0.844	0.882
Medial Em/Am	1.6 (0.01)	2.1 (0.01)	0.019*	0.028
Duration of Sm (ms)	210.9 (40.58)	201.6 (42.06)	0.186	0.187
Duration of Em (ms)	133.7 (28.87)	128.0 (26.05)	0.227	0.156
Duration of Am (ms)	85.4 (18.40)	85.1 (27.06)	0.954	0.860
Duration of diastolic period (ms)	420.6 (136.89)	401.8 (139.32)	0.424	0.390
Isovolumetric relaxation time (IVRT) (ms)	156.1 (46.74)	173.4 (47.98)	0.033*	0.031
Isovolumetric contraction time (IVCT) (ms)	115.9 (44.09)	113.5 (38.01)	0.731	0.740