Methods: Admission criteria included essential hyper¬tension, and no previous cardiovascular events revealed on echocardiographic tracings. Then 1033 individuals (396 men) were followed for a median of 3 years. Their mean blood pressure was 154/92, and left ventricular mass greater than 125 g per body surface area.
Results: Left ventricular hypertrophy was associated with increased risk of cardiac events. For each 39 g/m2 increase in left ventricular mass there was an independent 40% rise in the risk of major cardiovascular events ( p ¼ 0.0013).
Conclusions: The findings showed a strong continuous and independent relationship of left ventricular mass to subsequent cardiovascular morbidity.

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