Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk

Characteristic

Low

Moderate

High

p

(n = 248)

(n = 64)

(n = 67)

ECG profiles

Resting heart rate, mean (SD), bpm

68.71 (10.5)

68.78 (15.09)

73.69 (17.43)

0.017

QTc, ms

380.88 (31.55)

387.16 (37.23)

395.95 (33.35)

0.003

High resting heart rate, n (%)

11 (4.4)

4 (6.3)

8 (11.9)

0.002

Echocardiographic profiles

Aortic diameter, mm

29.5 (3.8)

32.0 (4.3)

32.7 (4.4)

<0.001

LAD, mm

30.6 (4.2)

32.5 (4.1)

34.0 (4.8)

<0.001

LViDd, mm

45.8 (4.7)

48.8 (4.9)

49.7 (4.7)

<0.001

LViDs, mm

22.9 (3.2)

24.4 (4.1)

24.7 (4.4)

<0.001

STd, mm

8.7 (1.3)

9.4 (1.4)

10.6 (2.4)

<0.001

STs, mm

16.1 (1.8)

16.8 (1.6)

17.6 (2.3)

<0.001

PWTd, mm

8.7 (1.3)

9.3 (1.5)

10.5 (2.3)

<0.001

PWTs, mean (SD), mm

15.5 (1.4)

15.9 (1.6)

16.9 (2.3)

<0.001

LVMI, mg/m²

70.5 (19.9)

80.5 (21.5)

98.0 (35.9)

<0.001

cLVEF, %

78.5 (4.4)

78.6 (4.9)

78.6 (6.2)

0.975

Peak E-velocity, m/s

0.65 (0.07)

0.67 (0.09)

0.66 (0.09)

0.27

Peak A-velocity, m/s

0.58 (0.07)

0.59 (0.07)

0.59 (0.9)

0.278

E/A ratio

1.13 (0.13)

1.14 (0.16)

1.12 (0.14)

0.958

DcT, ms

177.8 (15.7)

175.9 (16.2)

178.4 (16.6)

0.616

Diastolic dysfunction, %

25 (10.1)

6 (9.4)

8 (11.9)

0.879

LVH, %

6 (2.4)

3 (4.7)

15 (22.4)

<0.001

LV geometry

<0.001

Normal geometry, n (%)

178 (82)

42 (75)

37 (61.7)

Concentric remodeling, n (%)

30 (13.8)

10 (17.9)

4 (6.7)

Concentric hypertrophy, n (%)

6 (2.8)

2 (3.6)

19 (31.7)

Eccentric hypertrophy, n (%)

3 (1.4)

2 (3.6)

0 (0)