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Proteinuria was significantly associated with an increased likelihood of left ventricular hypertrophy (OR 1.69) among adult hypertensive patients in Afghanistan.
Cross-Sectional (n=789)
No
There is a high prevalence (>50%) of LVH in Afghan adults with essential hypertension, which is significantly associated with the presence of proteinuria.
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Should not yet change practice; hypothesis-generating for proteinuria-LVH link in understudied hypertensive populations.
<0.001). Based on a multivariate regression analysis, age (odds ratio [OR], 1.04; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.02-1.05), proteinuria (OR, 1.69; 95% CI, 1.19-2.41), and female sex (OR, 0.09; 95% CI, 0.06-0.13) were significant factors. In conclusion, the prevalence of LVH was more than 50% in the Afghan adult hypertensive population. This study indicates that there is a significant relationship between LVH detected by ECG and the presence of proteinuria among such subjects.
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Hamrah et al. (2018) conducted a cross-sectional in Essential hypertension (n=789). Proteinuria vs. No proteinuria was evaluated on Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) (OR 1.69, 95% CI 1.19-2.41, p=0.003). Proteinuria was significantly associated with an increased likelihood of left ventricular hypertrophy (OR 1.69) among adult hypertensive patients in Afghanistan.
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