Twenty-Four-Hour Urinary Aldosterone Predicts Inappropriate Left Ventricular Mass Index in Patients with Primary Aldosteronism
Table 2
Echocardiographic data.
Group
1
2
3
IVST, mean (SD)
10.3 (2.2)
11.4 (2.0)†
12.4
<0.001
LVPWT, mean (SD)
9.4 (1.3)
10.8 (1.7)†
11.6
<0.001
LVEDD, mean (SD)
45.5 (4.8)
45.6 (5.2)
46.4 (5.2)
0.649
LVESD, mean (SD)
26.0 (5.1)
28.4 (4.7)†
27.9 (4.7)
0.098
LVM, mean (SD)
180.1 (55.3)
220.5 (85.1)
249.7
<0.001
LVMI, g/m2, mean (SD)
106.3 (27.1)
127.0 (42.4)†
144.3
<0.001
LVEF, mean (SD)
73.0 (9.1)
67.1 (7.5)†
69.6 (7.6)
0.008
E, mean (SD)
74.6 (14.9)
75.0 (16.4)
72.4 (17.2)
0.695
A, mean (SD)
70.2 (18.1)
74.2 (14.0)
73.8 (19.6)
0.550
E/A, mean (SD)
1.14 (0.34)
1.04 (0.28)
1.03 (0.33)
0.293
E′ (septal), mean (SD)
8.5 (1.7)
7.5 (2.5)†
7.1
0.018
A′ (septal), mean (SD)
10.5 (1.8)
11.0 (2.6)
10.5 (2.1)
0.494
Stroke volume index (mL/m2), mean (SD)
41.8 (9.7)
38.1 (9.3)
40.9 (9.8)
0.164
LVH, (%)
9 (29)
23 (43.4)
39
<0.001
iLVMI, (%)
11 (35)
37 (70)†
44
<0.001
IVST: interventricular septal thickness; LVPWT: left ventricular posterior wall thickness; LVEDD: left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVESD: left ventricular end-systolic diameter; LVM: left ventricular mass; LVMI: left ventricular mass index; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; LVH: left ventricular hypertrophy, defined as LVMI ≥ 134 g m−2 in men and 110 g m−2 in women; iLVMI: inappropriate LVMI, defined as positive if measured LVMI to predicted LVMI ratio was greater than 135%. Group 2 versus group 1, . Group 3 versus group 1, . Group 3 versus group 2, .
