Table 1. Clinical characteristics of individuals in no-LA dilation and LA dilation groups.
| Characteristics | No-LA Dilation (n = 58) | LA Dilation (n = 42) | P-value |
| Data are expressed as Median (Quartile range). LA: left atrium; P < 0.05 has statistically significant. | |||
| Age, yrs | 70 (67, 76) | 73 (68, 79) | 0.262 |
| Gender, male/female | 24/34 | 8/34 | 0.018 |
| Length of hypertension, yrs | 10 (7, 20) | 10 (7.5, 20) | 0.607 |
| Hypertension classification, 1/2/3 | 1/10/46 | 0/7/35 | 0.681 |
| Coronary atherosclerotic heart disease | 30 | 18 | 0.381 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 4 | 7 | 0.123 |
| Hyperlipidaemia | 18 | 10 | 0.427 |
| Cerebral infarction | 17 | 18 | 0.161 |
| Hypothyroidism | 7 | 5 | 0.980 |
| Infection | 5 | 5 | 0.589 |
| Proteinuria | 10 | 4 | 0.304 |
| Cardiac diastolic dysfunction | 40 | 35 | 0.101 |