Table 4.

Multiple linear regression showing the determinants of left ventricular mass in Black patients with essential hypertension

Variables	LVM Ih
	Β	SE	p
(Constant)	6.84	8.72	0.435
Age (years)	0.14	0.104	0.183
HTN duration	0.56	0.14	< 0.001
BMI (kg/m2)	0.67	0.23	0.004
WC (cm)	0.001	0.09	0.994
Glycemia (mmol/L)	0.06	0.46	0.903
Insulin (mmol/L)	0.08	0.04	0.034
HOMA-IR	0.27	1.81	0.021
	R2 = 0.683, overall p ˂ 0.001

HTN = hypertension; BMI = body mass index; WC = waist circumference; HOMA-IR = homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance

$\text{Y}=0.{\text{56 X}}_1+0.{\text{67 X}}_2+0.0{\text{8 X}}_3+0.{\text{27 X}}_4+6.84$

With Y = LVMIh; X₁ = HTN duration; X₂ = BMI; X₃ = insulin; and X₄ = HOMA-IR