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Table 3 Demographic characteristics of different geometric patterns

From: Left ventricular geometric patterns in newly presenting nigerian hypertensives: An echocardiographic study

Variable

Concentric hypertrophy n = 28

Eccentric hypertrophy n = 21

Concentric remodeling n = 36

Normal n = 114

P value

Age (years)

56.07 (6.98)

55.86 (8.01)

56.56 (7.50)

55.97 (7.93)

0.98

Heart Rate (bpm)

83.14 (12.94)

77.05 (12.93)

84.92 (13.27)

80.82 (12.85)

0.12

Weight (kg)

69.21 (10.02)

71.38 (13.06)

69.67 (12.21)

69.25 (10.24)

0.87

Height (m)

1.60 (0.10)

1.61 (0.08)

1.65 (0.07)

1.67 (0.09)

0.002*

BMI (kg/m2)

27.29 (4.67)

27.96 (4.27)

26.06 (4.81)

25.09 (3.63)

0.005

SBP (mmHg)

166.07 (18.12)

159.14 (19.59)

148.67 (4.06)

129.75 (22.77)

<0.0001*

DBP (mmHg)

103.21 (8.72)

97.43 (2.54)

91.00 (16.43)

78.00 (14.96)

<0.0001*

Pulse Pressure (mmHg)

62.32 (15.15)

61.71 (14.32)

58.25 (15.50)

51.84 (12.32)

0.0001*

Mean Arterial Pressure (mmHg)

123.99 (10.51)

118.00 (13.16)

110.42 (8.67)

95.28 (16.98)

<0.0001*

  1. bmp = beat per minute, BMI = body mass index, SBP = systolic blood pressure, DBP = diastolic blood pressure.
  2. * = Statistical significance