Geometrical and functional changes of left heart in adults with prehypertension and hypertension: a cross-sectional study from China

Abstract

There exists LV geometrical change in adults with prehypertension and hypertension in rural Chinese population, and the eccentric hypertrophy was the highest proportion of geometric alterations. SBP, DBP, MAP and PP were all positively associated with left cardiac structural changes, and the association of DBP was the strongest.