Table 1.

Characteristics of participants (COHORT A) at baseline stratified by presence of echocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy

Characteristic	No LVH (N = 2272)	LVH (N = 305)
Age (years)	71.9 (5.0)	73.2 (5.6)
Black race (N, %)	342 (15.1%)	39 (12.8%)
Male sex (N, %)	779 (34.3%)	160 (52.5%)
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	215.2 (38.7)	204.5 (35.6)
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	135 (20)	143 (24)
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dl)	56.6 (15.8)	54.0 (15.8)
Electrocardiographic left ventricular mass (g)	147.1 (27.4)	164.1 (39.4)
Echocardiographic left ventricular mass (g)	134.7 (33.3)	224.7 (49.8)
Anti-hypertensive medication (N, %)	798 (35.1%)	146 (47.9%)
Current smoker (N, %)	262 (11.5%)	47 (15.4%)
Diabetes mellitus (N, %)	264 (11.6%)	50 (16.4%)

All values expressed as mean (SD) or N(%)

LVH = left ventricular hypertrophy