Table 2.

Intermediate cardiovascular phenotypes in the study groups

Variable	Hypertensives N = 50	Normotensives N = 50	P
Interventricular septum, diastole, mm	10.10 ± 1.78	9.24 ± 1.29	< 0.01
Left ventricle end-diastole diameter, mm	48.98 ± 4.54	48.60 ± 4.34	0.67
Posterior wall, diastole, mm	9.48 ± 1.62	8.60 ± 1.44	< 0.01
Left ventricle mass, g	153.10 ± 42.22	131.64 ± 34.44	< 0.01
Left ventricle mass index, g/m2	76.50 ± 16.93	66.52 ± 12.64	0.001
Left atrium volume, ml	54.81 ± 17.12	50.56 ± 17.54	0.22
Relative wall thickness	0.40 ± 0.08	0.37 ± 0.05	0.01
E/E’	7.1 ± 2.2	6.2 ± 1.6	0.03
Intima-media thickness, mm	0.60 ± 0.12	0.57 ± 0.10	0.25

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.