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. 2014 Mar-Apr;25(2):78-82.
doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2014-010.

Impact of prehypertension on left ventricular mass and QT dispersion in adult black Nigerians

O K Ale  1 , J N Ajuluchukwu  1 , D A Ok  1 , A C Mbakwem  1
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Impact of prehypertension on left ventricular mass and QT dispersion in adult black Nigerians

O K Ale et al. Cardiovasc J Afr. 2014 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Background: Prehypertension has been associated with target-organ damage. This study sought to determine the impact of prehypertension (PHT) on QT dispersion and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in adult black Nigerians.

Methods: One hundred and one subjects with office blood pressure (BP) < 140/90 mmHg were categorised according to their office BP into normotensive (normal BP < 120/80 mmHg, n = 57) and prehypertensive (prehypertensive BP 120-139/80-89 mmHg, n = 44) groups. Echocardiography and electrocardiography (ECG) were performed on the subjects.

Results: Thirty-four males aged 53.65 ± 16.33 years and 67 females aged 52.42 ± 12.00 years were studied. The mean QT interval dispersion (QT(d)) of the normotensive (38.96 ± 11.06 ms) and prehypertensive (38.41 ± 11.81 ms) groups were similar (p = 0.81). Prehypertensive subjects had higher left ventricular mass (LVM) (165.75 ± 33.21 vs 144.54 ± 35.55 g, p = 0.024), left ventricular mass index 1 (LVMI-1) (91.65 ± 16.84 vs 80.45 ± 18.65 g/m(2), p = 0.021) and left ventricular mass index 2 (LVMI-2) (54.96 ± 10.84 vs 47.51 ± 12.00 g/m(2.7), p = 0.017). QT(d) was independent of echocardiographic and electrocardiographic LVH (p > 0.05).

Conclusions: Compared with normotension, prehypertension is associated with higher LVM but similar QT(d). This suggests that structural remodelling precedes electrical remodelling in prehypertension.

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