Model variables | European (n=452) | African Caribbean (n=305) | |||||
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β | p Value | β | p Value | ||||
Left ventricular end diastolic diameter | |||||||
Age, sex | 0.14 | 0.6 | 0.71 | 0.1 | |||
+BP | −0.02 | 0.9 | 0.70 | 0.1 | |||
+BP +BMI | −0.44 | 0.2 | 0.41 | 0.4 | |||
Interventricular septal thickness | |||||||
Age, sex | 0.31 | 0.002 | 0.28 | 0.07 | |||
+BP | 0.20 | 0.04 | 0.24 | 0.1 | |||
+BP +BMI | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.14 | 0.4 | |||
Posterior wall thickness | |||||||
Age, sex | 0.32 | 0.0003 | 0.34 | 0.02 | |||
+BP | 0.26 | 0.004 | 0.31 | 0.03 | |||
+BP +BMI | 0.23 | 0.01 | 0.21 | 0.1 | |||
E:A ratio | |||||||
Age, sex | −0.02 | 0.5 | −0.07 | 0.02 | |||
+BP | 0.01 | 0.8 | −0.06 | 0.04 | |||
+BP +BMI | 0.02 | 0.4 | −0.05 | 0.1 | |||
Relative wall thickness | |||||||
Age, sex | 0.01 | 0.007 | 0.01 | 0.3 | |||
+BP | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.3 | |||
+BP +BMI | 0.01 | 0.004 | 0.01 | 0.5 | |||
Left ventricular mass index | |||||||
Age, sex | 2.43 | 0.05 | 3.74 | 0.02 | |||
+BP | 1.43 | 0.3 | 3.39 | 0.02 | |||
+BP +BMI | 1.19 | 0.4 | 3.03 | 0.08 |
BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; E:A ratio, early (E) to atrial (A) wave ratio.