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Table 1 General patient characteristics

From: Left ventricular systolic function and the pattern of late-gadolinium-enhancement independently and additively predict adverse cardiac events in muscular dystrophy patients

 

Total (N = 88)

DMD (N = 20)

BMD (N = 68)

p-value

Age, yrs

29 ± 14

16 ± 5

33 ± 14

< 0.001

Male, n (%)

88 (100)

20 (100)

68 (100)

NA

NYHA class I-II/III/IV,%

91 / 9 / 0

100 / 0 / 0

88 / 12 / 0

0.32

Hypertension, n (%)

29 (33)

7 (35)

22 (32)

1.00

Current smoker, n (%)

10 (11)

1 (5)

9 (13)

0.43

High cholesterol, n (%)

2 (2)

0 (0)

2 (3)

1.00

Diabetes, n (%)

1 (1)

0 (0)

1 (2)

1.00

  1. DMD – Duchene muscular dystrophy; BMD – Becker muscular dystrophy; NA – non-applicable. Bold numbers indicate significant p-values/parameters.