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. 2015 Oct 5;18(5):449–455. doi: 10.1111/jch.12708

Table 4.

Echocardiographic Profile in Childhood‐Onset Essential Hypertension With and Without Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

Left Ventricular Hypertrophy P Value
No Yes
Heart rate, beats per min 74.4 (13.4) 72.7 (13.6) .5877
Left ventricular mass, g 121 (29.5) 178.7 (30) <.0001
Left ventricular mass index, g/body surface area 68.8 (12.3) 90.8 (12.2) <.0001
Left ventricular mass index, g/cm2.7 31.7 (5.3) 44.9 (4.6) <.0001
Relative wall thickness 0.3 (0.04) 0.4 (0.05) <.0001
Shortening fraction, % 41.2 (9.3) 50.8 (13.7) .0002
Ejection fraction, % 78.2 (10.2) 85.5 (9.4) .0016
Mitral valve E wave, cm/s 98.4 (17.3) 99.7 (28.2) .7986
Mitral valve A wave, cm/s 52.5 (13.2) 55 (16.1) .4540
Mitral valve E/A 2.0 (0.5) 1.9 (0.4) .3403
Velocity of circumferential fiber shortening, circ/s 422.5 (19.1) 426.1 (27.3) .5374
Mitral valve deceleration time, ms 183.0 (35.6) 180.5 (36.1) .7557
Mitral valve acceleration time, ms 90.5 (15.4) 96.8 (23.7) .1471
Isovolumic relaxation time, ms 69.7 (12.8) 79.6 (21) .0081
Left ventricular ejection time, ms 295.6 (22.4) 296.5 (28.5) .8683

Values are expressed as mean (standard deviation) unless otherwise indicated.