[Table/Fig-2]:
LV structural and functional parameters in the study population
| Males | Females | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normotensives (n 19) | Prehypertensives (n 31) | p-value | Normotensives (n 19) | Prehypertensives (n 30) | p-value | |
| AoD (mm) | 29.52±1.26 | 29.2±2.8 | 1.00 | 29.26±2.20 | 30.0±1.45 | NS |
| LAD (mm) | 31.63±1.80 | 31.6±2.37 | 1.00 | 32.10±1.04 | 32.8±2.11 | NS |
| SV (ml) | 74.83±6.64 | 76.16±1.04 | 0.36 | 71.28±11.05 | 75.04±7.86 | <0.001 |
| CO (L/min) | 5.82±0.79 | 6.72±0.71 | 0.23 | 5.59±1.08 | 6.23±0.73 | 0.25 |
| CI (L/m2) | 3.47±0.58 | 3.98±0.08 | 0.20 | 3.48±0.75 | 3.60±0.45 | 0.23 |
| EF% | 63.09±8.17 | 69.37±16.6 | 0.37 | 62.78±13.66 | 63.4±9.72 | 0.16 |
| FS% | 0.44±0.01 | 0.43±0.03 | 0.20 | 0.44±0.02 | 0.44±0.007 | 0.10 |
| ESS (dynes/min) | 0.91±0.06 | 0.98±0.08 | <0.001 | 0.91±0.11 | 1.08±0.08 | <0.001 |
| EISS (dynes/min) | 0.55±0.03 | 0.60±0.07 | <0.001 | 0.56±0.08 | 0.65±0.06 | <0.001 |
| IVST (mm) | 10.10±0.45 | 10.61±1.60 | 0.18 | 10.15±0.76 | 10.25±0.68 | 0.63 |
| LVIDd (mm) | 44.84±1.25 | 44.33±2.57 | 0.42 | 44.15±2.50 | 44.87±1.87 | 0.25 |
| LVIDs (mm) | 24.94±0.229 | 25.13±1.13 | 0.48 | 24.89±1.37 | 25±1.29 | 0.78 |
| PWT (mm) | 10.10±0.45 | 10.55±1.35 | 0.17 | 10±5.77 | 10.25±0.68 | 0.175 |
| LVM (gms) | 157.44±9.23 | 165.65±31.44 | 0.27 | 152.94±11.65 | 161±17.39 | 0.05 |
| LVM /BSA | 93.43±6.94 | 99.96±20.81 | 0.19 | 94.73±7.82 | 93.15±10.58 | 0.17 |
| LVMI /Ht2.7 | 39.36±3.22 | 43.46±11.87 | 0.15 | 41.25±6.25 | 40.10±5.63 | 0.57 |
| LVMI /Ht | 94.17±5.49 | 100.68±21.24 | 0.200 | 93.99±8.46 | 96.14±10.44 | 0.45 |
| TPR | 1130±200.36 | 1247.27±455.06 | 0.42 | 1222.06±399.81 | 1267±247.73 | 0.61 |
| RWT (mm) | 0.45±0.03 | 0.47±0.08 | 0.16 | 0.46±0.05 | 0.46±0.046 | 0.82 |
AoD: aortic dimension, LAD: left atrial dimension, SV: stroke volume, CO: cardiac output, CI: cardiac index, EF%: ejection fraction, FS%:fractional shortening, ESS: end systolic stress, EISS: end isovolumetric systolic stress. IVST: interventricular septal thickness, LVIDd: left ventricular internal dimention in diastole, LVIDs: left ventricular internal dimention in systole, PWT: post wall thickness, LVM: left ventricular mass, LVMI/BSA: left ventricular mass indexed to body surface area, LVMI/Ht2.7: left ventricular mass indexed to height 2.7, LVMI/Ht: left ventricular mass indexed to height, TPR: total peripheral resistance, RWT: relative wall thickness