Table 2 Echocardiographic characteristics based on sex

From: Left atrial volume indexed for height2 is a new sensitive marker for subclinical cardiac organ damage in female hypertensive patients

Variable

Population

(n = 441)

Male

(n = 229)

Female

(n = 212)

p

Left ventricle

 LVMI (g/m2)

93.8 ± 26.4

99.8 ± 27.9

87.3 ± 23.1

<0.001

 LVH

122 (27.7)

54 (23.6)

68 (32.1)

0.046

  -Eccentric

35 (7.9)

13 (5.7)

22 (10.4)

0.068

  -Concentric

87 (19.7)

41 (17.9)

46 (21.7)

0.317

 RWT

0.42 ± 0.08

0.42 ± 0.09

0.42 ± 0.08

0.449

 EF (%)

63.0 ± 7.8

61.7 ± 8.0

64.3 ± 7.4

<0.001

Diastolic function

 E/A

1.1 ± 0.6

1.0 ± 0.4

1.1 ± 0.8

0.084

 Septal Em/Etdi

10.9 ± 4.3

10.4 ± 4.6

11.5 ± 3.9

0.009

 Lateral Em/Etdi (402)

8.4 ± 3.9

7.8 ± 3.1

8.9 ± 4.5

0.003

 Mean Em/Etdi (402)

9.3 ± 3.4

8.8 ± 3.2

9.8 ± 3.4

0.002

Left Atrium

 LAVh2 (ml/m2)

19.0 ± 7.5

18.9 ± 7.2

19.2 ± 7.8

0.643

 LAeh2 n (%)

223 (50.6)

98 (42.8)

125 (59.0)

0.001

 LAVBSA (ml/m2)

28.6 ± 10.8

28.6 ± 10.7

28.5 ± 10.9

0.877

 LAeBSA n (%)

103 (23.4)

53 (23.1)

50 (23.6)

0.912

  1. Significant p results between male and female are reported in bold
  2. LVMI left ventricular mass index, LVH left ventricular hypertrophy, RWT relative wall thickness, EF ejection fraction, LAVh2 left atrial volume indexed to height2, LAeh2 left atrial enlargement according to LAVh2, LAVBSA left atrial volume indexed to BSA, LAeBSA left atrial enlargement according to LAVBSA