| African American (n = 1344) | White (n = 1119) | P* |
---|---|---|---|
Age, years | 44.9 ± 13.5 | 49.2 ± 13.9 | < 0.0001 |
Females, % | 65.5 | 50.6 | < 0.0001 |
Weight, kg | 89.9 ± 22.4 | 84.5 ± 18.3 | < 0.0001 |
Height, cm | 167.6 ± 9.0 | 170.0 ± 9.3 | 0.039 |
Body mass index, kg/m2 | 32.0 ± 7.5 | 29.2 ± 5.9 | < 0.0001 |
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg | 128.9 ± 22.0 | 122.9 ± 18.7 | < 0.0001 |
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg | 74.0 ± 11.6 | 70.8 ± 9.9 | < 0.0001 |
# Hypertensive medication | 0.95 ± 0.99 | 0.75 ± 0.89 | < 0.0001 |
Ejection fraction, % | 61.4 ± 7.9 | 61.9 ± 7.4 | 0.0147 |
Interventricular septal thickness, cm | 0.92 ± 0.14 | 0.88 ± 0.13 | < 0.0001 |
Posterior wall thickness, cm | 0.86 ± 0.13 | 0.81 ± 0.13 | < 0.0001 |
Relative wall thickness | 0.33 ± 0.06 | 0.32 ± 0.05 | < 0.0001 |
Left ventricular mass index, g/m2.7 | 41.7 ± 12.1 | 37.4 ± 10.7 | < 0.0001 |
LV transmitral atrial phase peak filling velocity, cm/sec | 72.4 ± 20.2 | 65.8 ± 18.4 | < 0.0001 |
LV transmitral early peak filling velocity, cm/sec | 81.5 ± 18.5 | 72.8 ± 17.6 | < 0.0001 |
Stress-corrected midwall shortening, % | 106.6 ± 12.9 | 109.6 ± 13.1 | < 0.0001 |
Hypertension, % | 71.6 | 55.9 | < 0.0001 |
Diabetes, % | 16.4 | 9.8 | < 0.0001 |
Current smoking, % | 27.4 | 10.1 | < 0.0001 |