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Table 1 Patient Characteristics

From: The detection of left ventricular scar by delayed enhancement-CMR in non-ischemic cardiomyopathy is a stronger predictor of cardiovascular events than left ventricular ejection fraction

 

All

Without Scar

With scar

p value

Patients (n)

132

65

67

 

Clinical characteristics

    

Age (years)

51 ± 12

51 ± 16

50 ± 12

0.7

BMI (kg/m2)

31 ± 9

30 ± 8

32 ± 9

0.6

Male gender (%)

75(57%)

32(49%)

43(64%)

0.06

Race

    

Caucasian (%)

70(53%)

36(56%)

34(51%)

0.8

Black (%)

35(27%)

17(26%)

18(27%)

0.9

Hispanic (%)

17(12%)

10(15%)

7(10%)

0.8

Other (%)

10(8%)

2(3%)

8(12%)

0.08

DM (%)

26(20%)

15(23%)

16(24%)

0.9

HTN (%)

45(34%)

26(40%)

29(43%)

0.5

CMR findings

    

LVEF(%)

31± 11%

33± 10

30± 10

0.09

Scar burden

3 ± 5

N/A

6 ± 6

N/A