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Table 3 Patient demographics

From: Normalized ranges for right ventricular volumes and function in thalassemia major

 

Males

Females

 

TM patients Mean ± SD

Controls Mean ± SD

P value

TM patients Mean ± SD

Controls Mean ± SD

P value

Age (years)

30 ± 8

30 ± 5

0.94

30.4 ± 8.5

30.1 ± 5.0

0.88

Height (m)

1.65 ± 0.1

1.80 ± 0.09

< 0.001

1.54 ± 8.9

1.67 ± 9.2

< 0.001

Weight (kg)

59.1 ± 8.9

75.8 ± 9.9

< 0.001

53.3 ± 10.1

61.4 ± 11.3

0.006

BMI (kg/m2)

21.9 ± 3.1

23.6 ± 3.1

0.048

22.5 ± 4.5

22.0 ± 2.8

0.68

BSA (m2)

1.64 ± 0.16

1.94 ± 0.15

< 0.001

1.50 ± 0.15

1.68 ± 0.18

< 0.001

Heart rate (min-1)

72.7 ± 10.4

64.0 ± 9.5

< 0.05

78.8 ± 10.1

64.8 ± 13.6

< 0.001