The Value of Four Anthropometric Indicators for Identifying Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Chinese Hypertensive Patients

Table 1

Comparison of indexes between the LVH group and the non-LVH group.

Clinical characteristics	LVH (1923)	Non-LVH (2716)	value
Age (years)	59.1 ± 8.3	57.4 ± 8.8
Male (%)	29.5%	36.6%
SBP (mmHg)	168.7 ± 25.5	160.0 ± 22.9
DBP (mmHg)	98.2 ± 13.6	96.3 ± 11.6
HR	72.3 ± 12.0	72.9 ± 12.4	0.115
Height (m)	1.56 ± 0.076	1.59 ± 0.081
Weight (kg)	66.57 ± 17.95	64.67 ± 10.93
GLU (mmol/L)	5.51 ± 1.65	5.60 ± 1.72	0.84
TC (mmol/L)	5.53 ± 1.09	5.55 ± 1.10	0.59
TG (mmol/L)	1.76 ± 1.31	1.64 ± 1.19
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.53 ± 0.33	1.57 ± 0.35
LDL-C (mmol/L)	3.16 ± 0.87	3.15 ± 0.84	0.60
BUN (mmol/L)	5.54 ± 1.85	5.41 ± 1.78
Anthropometric indexes
Waist circumference (cm)	86.69 ± 9.93	84.98 ± 9.54
Hipline circumference (cm)	99.41 ± 11.97	97.49 ± 9.99
Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR)	0.55 ± 0.08	0.53 ± 0.07
Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR)	0.87 ± 0.06	0.87 ± 0.15	0.19
Body mass index (BMI)	27.22 ± 4.17	25.48 ± 3.46
UCG indices
LVIDD (mm)	48.21 ± 4.71	43.55 ± 4.45
PWT (mm)	10.54 ± 1.27	9.14 ± 1.09
IVSd (mm)	10.90 ± 1.48	9.33 ± 1.34
RWT (mm)	0.45 ± 0.08	0.42 ± 0.07

SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; TG: triglycerides; TC: serum total cholesterol; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; LVMI: left ventricular mass index; RWT: relative wall thickness; IVSd: end-diastolic interventricular septal thickness; LVIDD: end-diastolic internal dimension.