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Table 3 Left ventricular mass, hypertrophy as defined by indexing of body surface area, regular height and height2.7, and geometry in 200 type 2 diabetic patients with elevated urinary albumin excretion rate

From: NT-proBNP, echocardiographic abnormalities and subclinical coronary artery disease in high risk type 2 diabetic patients

Left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy in women (n = 46)*

Normal no. (%)

Mild no. (%)

Moderate no. (%)

Severe no. (%)

LV mass, g, 67-162, 163-186, 187-210 and ≥ 211

24 (52)

10 (22)

7 (15)

5 (11)

LV mass/BSA, g/m2, 43-95, 96-108, 109-121 and ≥ 122

40 (87)

3(7)

1(2)

2 (4)

LV mass/height, g/m, 41-99, 100-115, 116-128 and ≥ 129

24 (52)

14 (30)

5 (11)

3 (7)

LV mass/height2,7, g/m2,7, 18-44, 45-51, 52-58 and ≥ 59

28 (61)

14 (30)

2 (4)

2 (4)

Relative wall thickness, cm, 0.22-0.42, 0.43-0.47, 0.48-0.52 and ≥ 0.53

19 (41)

8 (17)

9 (20)

10 (22)

LV hypertrophy in men (n = 149)*

Normal no. (%)

Mild no. (%)

Moderate no. (%)

Severe no. (%)

LV mass, g, 88-224, 225-258, 259-292 and ≥ 293

111 (75)

21 (14)

8 (5)

9 (6)

LV mass/BSA, g/m2 49-115, 116-131, 132-148 and ≥ 149

135 (91)

10 (7)

2 (1)

2 (1)

LV mass/height, g/m, 52-126, 127-144, 145-162 and ≥ 163

116 (78)

17 (11)

11 (7)

5 (3)

LV mass/height2,7, g/m2,7, 20-48, 49-55, 56-63 and ≥ 64

119 (80)

16 (11)

10 (7)

4 (3)

Relative wall thickness, cm, 0.24-0.42, 0.43-0.46, 0.47-0.51 and ≥ 0.52

56 (38)

27 (18)

29 (19)

37 (25)

  1. LV mass was calculated using the formula = 0.8 1.04[(LVIDd + PWTd + SWTd)3 - (LVIDd)3] + 0.6 g and indexed to body surface area (BSA), regular height and height2.7. LV relative wall thickness; 2 × PWd/LVDd. Reference limits are shown in the table.
  2. * of the 200 patients, we did not perform echocardiography in two men and in addition it was no possible to measure left ventricular mass in two women and one man due to poor echocardiographic windows