Table 4.

Association of hypertension and wall thickness

	Prehypertension			Hypertension
	Estimate	95%-CI	P-value	Estimate	95%-CI	P-value
Wall thickness (mm): arithmetic mean of
All segments	0.48	[0.17, 0.79]	0.003	0.67	[0.31, 1.02]	< 0.001
Basal segments	0.63	[0.28, 0.98]	< 0.001	0.83	[0.42, 1.24]	< 0.001
Mid segments	0.35	[−0.01, 0.71]	0.057	0.70	[0.26, 1.14]	0.002
Apical segments	0.44	[0.02, 0.86]	0.043	0.38	[−0.01, 0.77]	0.060
Lateral segments	0.37	[0.03, 0.71]	0.036	0.52	[0.12, 0.92]	0.012
Septal segments	0.59	[0.29, 0.89]	< 0.001	0.84	[0.48, 1.19]	< 0.001
Anterior segments	0.44	[0.02, 0.86]	0.039	0.77	[0.34, 1.19]	< 0.001
Inferior segments	0.51	[0.14, 0.88]	0.007	0.54	[0.16, 0.92]	0.006
Myocardial mass (g/m2)	3.18	[−0.02, 6.39]	0.053	6.16	[2.19, 10.12]	0.003

Estimates from linear regression models adjusted for age, sex, BMI, glycemic status, total cholesterol, use of antihypertensive medication and smoking status