n
nÇigher left ventricular mass and more carotid atherosclerosis than true normotensives and thus were similar to true hypertensives.
n
nThe
LVMI was 73 g/m2 in
the true normotensives, 86 g/m2 in the masked hypertensives, and 90 g/m2 in the true hypertensives
n
nCarotid plaque was present in 15% of true normotensives, and
n in 28% of both the masked and true
hypertensives.