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Table 4 Data of 68 patients with echocardiographic results compared between the controlled and uncontrolled HT groups assessed by ABPM

From: Control of blood pressure in hypertensive children and adolescents assessed by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring

Parameters

All

Controlled HT

Uncontrolled HT

P value

LVH, N (%)

N = 68

N = 21

N = 47

 

18 (26.5)

4 (19.1)

14 (29.8)

0.35

LVMI (g/m2), median (IQR)

    

 - All

N = 68

N = 21

N = 47

 
 

93.1 (76.8, 106.8)

90.4 (83.2, 102.5)

93.89 (76.4, 111)

0.85

 - Male

N = 45

N = 14

N = 31

 
 

100 (84.9, 115)

95.5 (80.6, 112.5)

100.7 (85.5, 116)

0.7

 - Female

N = 23

N = 7

N = 16

 
 

84 (71, 95)

87 (84, 92.9)

77.15 (65.8, 98)

0.42

  1. LVH: left ventricular hypertrophy; LVMI: left ventricular mass index