Blood pressure and echocardiography study.

Values expressed as mean ± standard deviation; SBP: systolic blood pressure; LA: left atrium diameter; LVEDd: left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVESd: left ventricular end-systolic diameter; PWT: posterior wall diastolic thickness of the left ventricle; IVST: interventricular septum diastolic thickness; LV relative thickness: relation between LV posterior wall systolic thickness and LVEDd; EFS: endocardium fraction shortening; PWSV: posterior wall shortening velocity; E/A: ratio between E and A waves evaluated in transmitral flow; DTE: E wave deceleration time; IVRT: LV isovolumetric relaxation time; IVRT/R-R0.5: ratio between IVRT and R-R heart rate interval; * p<0.05, ** p<0.01 vs. Control (C) group; #p<0.05, ##p<0.01 vs. OB; † p<0.05, †† p<0.01 vs. CL; ANOVA and Tukey test.