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Left ventricular mass index (LVMI) expressed by quartile of serum vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) level.
LVMI is already adjusted for body surface area but age and sex were included as covariates. VEGF range/quartile as presented in legend for Figure 2. All P-values were corrected for multiple comparisons by the Tukey-Kramer correction (21).
