Standardization of T1 measurements with MOLLI in differentiation between health and disease – the ConSept study

Table 1 Subject characteristics

Variables	Normal	LVH	DCM
Variables	(n = 38)	(n = 25)	(n = 43)
Gender (n, % male)	25 (65)	16(67)	29 (67)
Age (years)	49 ± 13	50 ± 13	57 ± 15
Heart rate (bpm)	66 ± 10	65 ± 10	63 ± 9
Body surface area (m²)	1.9 ± 0.1	1.9 ± 0.2	1.9 ± 0.2
EDV index (ml.m^-2)	80 ± 15	72 ± 21	133 ± 37*
ESV index (ml.m^-2)	32 ± 9	29 ± 12	87 ± 37*
Ejection fraction (%)	61 ± 6	61 ± 12	36 ± 1*3
Mass index (g.m^-2)	52 ± 15	90 ± 31*	89 ± 29*

LVH left ventricular hypertrophy, DCM dilated cardiomyopathy, BSA body surface area, EDV end-diastolic volume, ESV end-systolic volume, one way ANOVA, Bonferroni post-hoc tests for the differences from control group, *p < 0.05 is considered significant.

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