RESULTS
A total of 88 patients were included in this study. The mean age of
patients was 45.30 ± 11.50 years, ranging from 21 to 82 years. In terms
of sex distribution, 37 cases (42.0%) were male and 51 cases (58.0%)
were female. All patients were non-diabetic. Overall, 41 (46.6%) were
normotensive and 47 (53.4%) were hypertensive. The prevalence of
diastolic dysfunction was estimated to be 41 (46.6%) considering E/A
<1.0 or declaration time>250 msec.
In a subgroup of patients with diastolic dysfunction, among all
echocardiographic parameters, the hypertensive patients had
significantly higher mean left ventricular mass index , higher mean
interventricular septal (IVS) thickness, as well as higher mean
posterior wall (PW) thickness. Hypertensive group had significantly
lower mean global longitudinal strain (GLS) in mid myocardial and
epicardial layers, as well as lower mean global circumferential
strain (GCS) in these layers (Table 1). In the group without diastolic
dysfunction (Table 2), we found significantly higher mean left
ventricular mass index, higher mean IVS thickness, as well as higher
mean PW thickness, but without any significant difference in global
longitudinal and circumferential strain indices between hypertensive
and normotensive subgroups.