Baseline echocardiographic parameters of the study population
| Echocardiographic parameters | PA (n=168) | EH (n=168) | P value |
| IVST, mm | 11.7±2.4 | 11.4±2.5 | 0.233 |
| LVPWT, mm | 11.0±1.9 | 10.8±1.9 | 0.224 |
| LVEDD, mm | 46.0±5.3 | 46.2±5.0 | 0.815 |
| LVESD, mm | 27.7±4.6 | 28.0±5.3 | 0.603 |
| LVEDV | 99.3±25.8 | 99.7±25.5 | 0.878 |
| LVESV | 30.1±12.9 | 31.3±14.9 | 0.454 |
| LVEF, % | 69.5±7.9 | 68.8±10.2 | 0.479 |
| LVH | 99 (59) | 40 (24) | <0.001 |
| Relative wall thickness | 0.50±0.11 | 0.48±0.10 | 0.169 |
| Concentric LVH | 78 (46) | 36 (21) | <0.001 |
| Eccentric LVH | 21 (13) | 4 (2) | <0.001 |
| Concentric remodeling | 46 (27) | 90 (54) | <0.001 |
| Normal geometry | 23 (14) | 38 (23) | 0.023 |
| LVM, g | 228.9±78.7 | 192.8±75.2 | <0.001 |
| LVMI, g/m2 | 132.4±39.8 | 110.7±39.0 | <0.001 |
| Predicted LV mass, g | 147.5±35.5 | 146.4±36.1 | 0.771 |
| Observed/predicted LVM (%) | 156.1±43.9 | 125.5±59.4 | <0.001 |
| Inappropriate LVM | 110 (65) | 51 (30) | <0.001 |
Value are mean±SEM.
IVST, interventricular septal thickness; LVEDD, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVEDV, left ventricular end-diastolic volume; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVESD, left ventricular end-systolic diameter; LVESV, left ventricular end-systolic volume; LVH, ventricular hypertrophy; LVM, left ventricular mass; LVMI, left ventricular mass index; LVPWT, left ventricular posterior wall thickness.