A Fortified Method to Screen and Detect Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Asymptomatic Hypertensive Adults: A Korean Retrospective, Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of study subjects according to the presence or absence of echocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy by LV mass.

	LVH (n=168)	No LVH (n=621)	p value
Demographic information
Female, n (%)	80 (47.6%)	122 (19.6%)	<0.001
Age, years	64 ± 10	59 ± 8	<0.001
Diabetes mellitus, n (%)	32 (19.0%)	104 (16.7%)	0.558
Hyperlipidemia, n (%)	61 (36.3%)	217 (34.9%)	0.812
Height, m	1.63 ± 0.09	1.67 ± 0.07	<0.001
Weight, kg	67.5 ± 11.9	70.1 ± 11.2	0.007
BMI, kg/m^2	25.3 ± 3.1	24.9 ± 2.8	0.058
SBP, mmHg	126.4 ± 13.2	122.5 ± 13.5	0.001
DBP, mmHg	79.7 ± 9.5	81.4 ± 9.8	0.045
Laboratory results
Fasting glucose, mmol/L	5.83 ± 1.00	5.88 ± 1.11	0.422
HbA1c, %	5.9 ± 0.5	5.9 ± 0.7	0.342
Total cholesterol, mmol/L	4.66 ± 0.91	4.74 ± 0.88	0.335
Triglyceride, mmol/L	1.39 ± 0.75	1.47 ± 0.87	0.295
HDL cholesterol, mmol/L	1.40 ± 0.34	1.32 ± 0.28	0.012
LDL cholesterol, mmol/L	2.75 ± 0.75	2.90 ± 0.75	0.009
BUN, mmol/L	6.07 ± 2.14	5.71 ± 1.78	0.063
Cr, μmol/L	79.56 ± 17.68	79.56 ± 35.36	0.359
Echocardiography measurement
LVIDd, mm	52 ± 4	48 ± 4	<0.001
LVIDs, mm	30 ± 4	28 ± 3	<0.001
LVEF, %	67 ± 6	67 ± 5	0.943
IVSd, mm	11 ± 1	9 ± 1	<0.001
LVPWd, mm	11 ± 1	9 ± 1	<0.001
LV mass, g	213 ± 43	159 ± 33	<0.001
LV mass/BSA, g/m^2	122 ± 18	88 ± 14	<0.001
Radiology measurement
CD, mm	139.4 ± 14.3	137.1 ± 14.2	0.067
CTR	0.48 ± 0.05	0.46 ± 0.04	<0.001
Electrocardiography measurement
SLVA, mm	25.7 ± 8.9	24.1 ± 7.2	0.042
CVA, mm	15.5 ± 5.8	15.0 ± 5.8	0.313

BMI, body mass index; BSA, body surface area; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CD, cardiac diameter; Cr, serum creatinine; CTR, cardiothoracic ratio; CVA, Cornell voltage amplitude; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; IVSd, interventricular septum end-diastolic thickness; LV, left ventricle; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy; LVIDd, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVIDs, left ventricular end-systolic diameter; LVPWd, left ventricular end-diastolic posterior wall thickness; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; SBP, systolic blood pressure; SLVA, Sokolow-Lyon voltage amplitude
<0.05
<0.01.