Table 5. Age-, race, and sex-adjusted hazard ratios (HR) and areas under the receiver-operating characteristic curves (AUC) for current American Society of Echocardiography (ASE)-recommended cut-points for left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and for 85^th, 90^th, and 95^th percentile cut-points of left ventricular mass (LVM) index.

LVH parameter (unit)	LVH cut-point value	Prevalence of LVH (%)	HR (95% CI)	AUC (p-value)
LVM/ height2.7 (g/m2.7)
ASE-recommended	≥49 M, ≥45 W	378 (9.5)	2.35 (1.51, 3.67)	0.705 (NA)
Liao,26 1997 (sex specific)	≥ 50 M, 47 W	299 (7.5)	2.31 (1.44, 3.71)	0.702 (0.55)
Liao,26 1997	≥ 51 M/W	216 (5.4)	2.24 (1.33, 3.78)	0.700 (0.51)
95% Reference group (race-specific)	≥44.6 B, ≥44.5 C	551 (13.8)	2.70 (1.84, 3.97)	0.716 (0.16)
85th Percentile	≥45.1 M, ≥42.9 W	587 (15.0)	2.89 (1.98, 4.22)	0.716 (0.20)
90th Percentile	≥47.3 M, ≥45.9 W	399 (10.0)	2.90 (1.93, 4.37)	0.715 (0.07)
95th Percentile	≥51.6 M, ≥51.2 W	200 (5.0)	2.26 (1.32, 3.87)	0.698 (0.39)
LVM/BSA (g/m2)
ASE-recommended	≥116 M, ≥96 W	318 (8.0)	2.53 (1.60, 4.01)	0.706 (NA)
Liao,26 1997 (sex specific)	≥117 M, ≥104 W	197 (5.0)	2.26 (1.31, 3.90)	0.699 (0.38)
Liao,26 1997	≥ 125 M/W	75 (1.9)	2.34 (1.08, 5.08)	0.698 (0.35)
95% Reference group (race-specific)	≥103.6 B, ≥104.5C	395 (9.9)	2.70 (1.76, 4.14)	0.709 (0.77)
85th Percentile	≥105.4 M, ≥89.5 W	598 (15.0)	3.00 (2.06, 4.37)	0.726 (0.08)
90th Percentile	≥111.1 M, ≥94.8 W	399 (10.0)	2.06 (1.31, 3.24)	0.702 (0.31)
95th Percentile	≥119.4 M, ≥101.8 W	200 (5.0)	2.12 (1.21, 3.73)	0.697 (0.25)

Legend: LVM – left ventricular mass; BSA – body surface area; HR – hazard ratio; CI – confidence interval; NA – not applicable; M – men; W – women; B – blacks; C - caucasians. AUC p values refer to the difference in AUC from ASE-recommended cut-points.²⁴