Table 2.

Role of high blood pressure on the relationship between the fist size and heart diameter

Group	Right palm Mean (cm) ±S.D	Left palm Mean (cm) ±S.D	Heart diameter Mean (cm) ± S.D	Chi-Squared evaluation in comparing right and left palm to the diameter of the heart, respectively
Normal blood pressure	8.42 ± 0.55	8.27 ± 0.59	8.83 ± 0.96	0.00 and 0.02
Prehypertensive blood pressure	8.79 ± 0.49	8.62 ± 0.5	9.74 ± 0.83	0.355 and 0.682
Hypertension	8.39 ± 0.79	8.25 ± 0.76	8.91 ± 1.0	0.001 and 0.042