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Table 7 Patient characteristics focusing on functional CMR results

From: Identification of cardiomyopathy associated circulating miRNA biomarkers in patients with muscular dystrophy using a complementary cardiovascular magnetic resonance and plasma profiling approach

 

MD

Normal LV and RV function

Impaired LV and/or RV function

p value

N = 63

N = 31

N = 32

Male, n (%)

63 (100)

31 (100)

32 (100)

1.00

Age, years

31 ± 15

27 ± 15

34 ± 15

0.11

BMD, n (%)

51 (81)

26 (84)

25 (78)

0.75

BMI, kg/m2

24 ± 4

24 ± 5

24 ± 3

0.72

Skeletal muscle status 0/1/2/3, n (%)

2 (3)/43 (68)/13 (21)/5 (8)

2 (7)/23 (74)/5 (16)/1 (3)

20 (63)/8 (25)/4 (13)/0 (0)

0.20

ACE inhibitor, n (%)

16 (25)

2 (7)

14 (44)

0.001

Beta-blocker, n (%)

14 (22)

4 (13)

10 (31)

0.13

CK, U/L

1226 (653–2424)

1250 (652–3043)

1221 (727–2291)

0.86

Elevated hs-Trop, n (%)a

30 (48)

8 (26)

22 (67)

0.001

Elevated NT-proBNP, n (%)b

3 (5)

0 (0)

3 (9)

0.24

  1. a > 14 pg/mL; b > 450 pg/mL
  2. Bold text indicates a significant p-value of <0.05