Table 2.

Echocardiogram characteristics of low-, mid-, and high-risk BP groups

Variable	Low (N=144)	Mid (N=83)	High (N=119)
LVMI (g/m2.7)*	31 ± 7	34 ± 7	34 ± 7
Peak Longitudinal Strain (%)	−21.2 ± 3.3	−20.0 ± 3.5	−20.1 ± 3.3
Peak Longitudinal Strain Rate (/sec)	−1.05 ± 0.24	−1.03 ± 0.25	−1.03 ± 0.19
LVSF (%)	37.5 ± 4.5	36.2 ± 4.7	37.8 ± 4.5
LVEF (%)†	58.5 ± 7.1	55.9 ± 7.0	56.5 ± 6.7
E/A ratio	2.36 ± 0.71	2.20 ± 0.64	2.18 ± 0.65
E/e’ ratio‡	6.0 ± 1.4	5.8 ± 1.3	6.5 ± 1.5
e’/a’ ratio§	2.5 ± 0.8	2.3 ± 0.6	2.2 ± 0.6

Data is expressed as mean and standard deviation. LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVMI, left ventricular mass index; LVSF, left ventricular shortening fraction.

p ≤ 0.05 for:

^*L<M&H

^†L>M

^‡L&M<H

^§L>H using Bonferroni correction.