Table 1.
General characteristics of Black hypertensive patients, stratified by the presence or absence of LVH
| Characteristics | LVH + N = 88 |
LVH − N = 132 |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic characteristics | |||
| Age (years) | 52.6 ± 10.6 | 50.3 ± 9.5 | 0.096 |
| Sex | 0.421 | ||
| Male | 52 (59.1) | 81 (61.4) | |
| Female | 36 (40.9) | 51 (38.6) | |
| Medical & social history | |||
| Known HTN | 60 (68.2) | 76 (57.6) | 0.074 |
| Duration of HTN (years) | 5.0 (1.0–8.0) | 4.0 (2.0–6.0) | 0.014 |
| ND HTN | 28 (31.8) | 56 (42.4) | 0.149 |
| Cigarette smoking | 87 (98.9) | 132 (100.0) | 0.400 |
| Alcohol intake | 85 (96.6) | 128 (97.0) | 0.582 |
| Menopause | 14 (38.9) | 27 (52.9) | 0.141 |
| Anthropomorphic measurements | |||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 32.6 ± 5.1 | 28.7 ± 4.3 | < 0.001 |
| WC (cm) | 109.3 ± 13.2 | 99.3 ± 10.0 | < 0.001 |
| HC (cm) | 112.7 ± 9.9 | 103.8 ± 9.2 | < 0.001 |
| Overweight | 22 (25.0) | 64 (48.5) | < 0.001 |
| Total obesity | 65 (73.9) | 47 (35.6) | < 0.001 |
| Abdominal obesity | 34 (61.4) | 43 (32.6) | < 0.001 |
| Lifestyle history | |||
| Sedentarity | 71 (80.7) | 52 (39.4) | < 0.001 |
| Treatment history & examination findings | |||
| Uncontrolled HTN | 20 (22.7) | 18 (13.6) | 0.060 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 138.8 ± 7.8 | 133.4 ± 7.2 | 0.048 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 82.5 ± 8.7 | 79.9 ± 9.1 | 0.087 |
| HR (bpm) | 62.1 ± 13.5 | 70.0 ± 13.4 | 0.199 |
HTN = hypertension; ND HTN = newly diagnosed hypertension; WC = waist circumference; BMI = body mass index; HC = hip circumference; HR = heart rate; SBP = systolic blood pressure; DBP = diastolic blood pressure