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Table 1 Demographic, clinical and electrocardiographic findings in the study cohort

From: Myocardial fibrosis by late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance in myotonic muscular dystrophy type 1: highly prevalent but not associated with surface conduction abnormality

 

Whole Cohort (N = 52)

Conduction Abnormality Positive (N = 31)

Conduction Abnormality Negative (N = 21)

P value

Demographic data

 Age, years

41.2 ± 13.9

43.7 ± 11.9

37.4 ± 15.9

0.129

 Male gender, N (%)

20 (38)

11 (35)

9 (43)

0.772

 BMI, kg/m2

25.5 ± 5.8

25.8 ± 6.2

24.9 ± 5.1

0.618

 DM, N (%)

5 (10)

4 (13)

1 (5)

0.637

 HTN, N (%)

3 (6)

1 (3)

2 (9)

0.558

 Smoking, N (%)

2 (4)

2 (6)

0 (0)

0.494

 HLP, N (%)

5 (10)

4 (13)

1 (5)

0.637

 History of CAD, N (%)

1 (2)

1 (3)

0 (0)

0.999

 BB, N (%)

4 (8)

3 (10)

1 (5)

0.639

 ACE-i, N (%)

3 (6)

2 (6)

1 (5)

0.999

 ARB, N (%)

1 (2)

1 (3)

0 (0)

0.999

 MCRA, N (%)

4 (8)

4 (13)

0 (0)

0.138

 Statin, N (%)

6 (11)

4 (13)

2 (9)

0.999

Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy Characteristics

 Age of onset, years

28.8 ± 15.5

28.2 ± 17.1

29.6 ± 13.1

0.749

 Disease length, years

12.4 ± 12.7

15.5 ± 14.8

7.8 ± 6.9

0.015*

 CTG Repeats

500 (200–1163)

280 (142–772)

575 (450–1450)

0.137

 MIRS scale

3 (3–4)

3 (3–4)

3 (2–3)

0.041*

Clinical data

 SBP, mmHg

126 ± 18

125 ± 18

126 ± 19

0.798

 DBP, mmHg

74 ± 10

74 ± 11

75 ± 8

0.733

 HR, bpm

74 ± 14

74 ± 16

75 ± 12

0.793

 NYHA class

2 (1–2)

2 (1–2)

1 (1–2)

0.900

 Hematocrit, %

42.1 ± 3.8

42.3 ± 3.4

41.7 ± 4.4

0.592

Electrocardiographic Data

 PR, ms

199 ± 47

223 ± 48

165 ± 16

<  0.001

 QRS, ms

103 ± 20

111 ± 22

94 ± 11

0.001

 QT, ms

404 ± 42

412 ± 47

392 ± 31

0.070

 QTc, ms

428 ± 32

431 ± 38

423 ± 23

0.359

 Frontal QRS-T angle

41 ± 41

45 ± 44

36 ± 36

0.447

 LVH-Cornell, N (%)

13 (25)

11 (35)

2 (9)

0.050

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD, N (%), or median (interquartile range). *p < 0.05 considered significant. BMI body mass index, DM diabetes mellitus, HLP hyperlipidemia, CAD coronary artery disease, BB beta-blockers, ACE-i Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, ARB Angiotensin receptor blockers, MCRA aldosterone antagonists, MIRS Muscular Impairment Rating Scale, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, HR heart rate, NYHA New York Heart Association class, LVH left ventricular hypertrophy