Table 1.
Clinical and echocardiographic characters between two groups.
| Characteristic | Controls |
Systemic hypertension |
p |
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 25) | (n = 34) | ||
| Age (yrs) | 33 ± 4 | 36 ± 3 | NS |
| Men/women (n) | 14/11 | 24/10 | NS |
| Height (cm) | 168.2 ± 11 | 166.7 ± 10 | NS |
| Weight (kg) | 63.8 ± 8.6 | 75.2 ± 12.8 | <0.001 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 120 ± 7 | 164 ± 8 | <0.001 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 78 ± 4 | 100 ± 8 | <0.001 |
| Ao (cm) | 2.3 ± 0.1 | 2.66 ± 0.3 | <0.001 |
| LA (cm) | 2.6 ± 0.1 | 3.24 ± 0.3 | <0.001 |
| LVDd (cm) | 5.0 ± 1.8 | 4.54 ± 0.6 | 0.008 |
| LVDs (cm) | 27 ± 1 | 2.66 ± 0.3 | NS |
| LV mass index g/m2 | 53 ± 8 | 62 ± 2 | NS |
| Septum wall thickness (cm) | 0.8 ± 0.2 | 1.5 ± 0.2 | <0.001 |
| Global ejection fraction % | 65 ± 5 | 67 ± 5 | NS |
| E peak velocity (cm/s) | 72 ± 14 | 84 ± 16 | <0.001 |
| A peak velocity (cm/s) | 61 ± 13 | 65 ± 15 | NS |
| e' (septal) cm/s | 11.7 ± 0.8 | 9.7 ± 2.8 | <0.001 |
| A' (septal), cm/s | 11.0 ± 0.3 | 10.8 ± 2.5 | NS |
| S' (Septal), cm/s | 13.4 ± 0.4 | 9.3 ± 2.3 | <0.001 |
| e'(lateral), cm/s | 12.4 ± 0.5 | 13.2 ± 2.8 | NS |
| A' (lateral), cm/s | 10.8 ± 1.9 | 11.6 ± 2.9 | NS |
| S' (lateral), cm/s | 14.1 ± 0.5 | 11.41 ± 2.6 | <0.001 |