Research Article
Evaluation of Mean Platelet Volume in Children with Hypertension
Table 2
Carotid intima-media thickness and echocardiographic findings of the cases.
| | Hypertension group | Control group | value | n | Mean ± SD | Median (25p–75p) | n | Mean ± SD | Median (25p–75p) |
| CIMT (mm) | 43 | 0.49 ± 0.08 | 0.50 (0.40–0.50) | 26 | 0.39 ± 0.06 | 0.40 (0.31–0.40) | <0.001 | IVSd (cm) | 43 | 0.78 ± 0.11 | 0.75 (0.71–0.82) | 25 | 0.61 ± 0.11 | 0.58 (0.51–0.69) | <0.001 | LVDd (cm) | 43 | 4.89 ± 0.41 | 4.83 (4.54–5.20) | 25 | 4.38 ± 0.58 | 4.25 (3.99–4.70) | <0.001 | LVPWd (cm) | 43 | 0.77 ± 0.12 | 0.75 (0.70–0.85) | 25 | 0.61 ± 0.11 | 0.60 (0.56–0.64) | <0.001 | IVSs (cm) | 39 | 1.07 ± 0.19 | 1.00 (0.90–1.19) | 18 | 0.83 ± 0.13 | 0.85 (0.76–0.92) | <0.001 | LVDs (cm) | 41 | 3.21 ± 0.35 | 3.2 (2.92–3.40) | 24 | 2.86 ± 0.41 | 2.84 (2.52–3.18) | <0.001# | LVPWs (cm) | 32 | 1.14 ± 0.14 | 1.20 (1.00–1.20) | 21 | 0.91 ± 0.13 | 0.90 (0.80–1.00) | <0.001 | EF (%) | 41 | 62.6 ± 6.86 | 60 (60–65) | 25 | 64.4 ± 4.20 | 64 (60–68) | 0.170 | FS (%) | 41 | 33.5 ± 4.15 | 33 (30–36) | 25 | 34.3 ± 3.80 | 34 (30–37) | 0.254 | LVmass (g) | 42 | 128 ± 28.3 | 123 (106–146) | 25 | 79.6 ± 30.6 | 70.8 (55.3–106) | <0.001 | Mitral-E (m/sn) | 36 | 0.91 ± 0.16 | 0.90 (0.80–0.99) | 26 | 0.91 ± 0.09 | 0.91 (0.85–0.97) | 0.905# | Mitral-A (m/sn) | 36 | 0.56 ± 0.11 | 0.54 (0.50–0.60) | 26 | 0.54 ± 0.12 | 0.52 (0.46–0.60) | 0.236 | Mitral E/A | 36 | 1.67 ± 0.37 | 1.71 (1.38–1.82) | 26 | 1.75 ± 0.32 | 1.67 (1.54–1.95) | 0.406# |
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CIMT: carotis intima-media thickness, IVSd: interventricular septal thickness at end-diastole, LVDd: left ventricular dimension end-diastolic diameter, LVPWd: left ventricular posterior wall thickness in end-diastole, IVSs: interventricular septal thickness at end-systole, LVDs: left ventricular dimension end-systolic diameter, LVPWs: left ventricular posterior wall thickness in end-systole EF: ejection fraction, FS: fractional shortening, LVmass: left ventricular mass, mitral-E: early diastolic velocity, mitral-A: late diastolic velocity, mitral E/A: mitral peak E/A wave velocity ratio. Mann–Whitney U test, #Student's t-test. The bold values represent statistically significant values ( ). |