Table 4 Left ventricular phenotypes in relation with variation in the SAH gene

From: Left ventricular structure in relation to the human SAH gene in the European Project on Genes in Hypertension

Non-Slavic

G−1606A

AA+GA (n=158)

GG (n=541)

P-values

LVMI (g m−2)

88.1±1.5

90.4±1.1

0.12

LVID (mm)

48.0±0.4

48.6±0.3

0.08

MWT (mm)

9.49±0.11

9.54±0.08

0.63

−962ins/del

DD+ID (n=367)

II (n=332)

P-values

LVMI (g m−2)

91.1±1.2

88.5±1.2

0.03

LVID (mm)

48.4±0.3

48.5±0.3

0.83

MWT (mm)

9.61±0.08

9.44±0.08

0.03

Slavic

G−1606A

AA+GA (n=115)

GG (n=378)

P-values

LVMI (g m−2)

102.3±2.0

96.5±1.4

0.004

LVID (mm)

48.6±0.4

48.3±0.3

0.45

MWT (mm)

10.5±0.13

10.1±0.09

0.003

−962ins/del

DD+ID (n=221)

II (n=272)

P-values

LVMI (g m−2)

97.6±1.7

98.2±1.5

0.70

LVID (mm)

48.5±0.3

48.2±0.3

0.49

MWT (mm)

10.1±0.11

10.2±0.10

0.20

  1. Data are mean±s.e. LVMI, LVID and MWT indicate left ventricular mass index, left ventricular end-diastolic internal diameter and mean wall thickness, respectively. P-values refer to the difference between genotypes.
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