ALB and Hypertension: Our finding, that hypertension and albuminuria were the main covariates of ECG-LVH is in accordance with previous reports in hypertensive patients and type 2 diabetics.34,35 Furthermore, Mbanya et al. demonstrated a significant correlation between left ventricular hypertrophy by echocardiogram and urinary albumin excretion rate among diabetic patients in Cameroun.36