Table 3. Characteristics and echocardiographic measurements of the 41 CKD patients, stratified according to the presence of left ventricular hypertrophy (defined as left ventricular mass index of >131 g/m² for men and >100 g/m² for women). Values are expressed as mean±SD unless otherwise noted. Statistically significant values are italicized.

GFR, glomerular filtration rate; Hs-CRP, high sensitivity C reactive protein; LVMI, left ventricular mass index; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVFS, left ventricular fractional shortening