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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of HCM patients and healthy volunteers

From: Prognostic value of fast semi-automated left atrial long-axis strain analysis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Variable

Healthy subjects (n = 100)

HCM (n = 359)

P

HCMR Patients without combined outcome (n = 300)

HCM Patients with combined outcome (n = 59)

P

HCM Patients with LA diameter > 41 mm (n = 135)

HCM Patients with LA diameter ≤ 41 mm (n = 224)

P

Clinical data

 Age, years

47 (36,66)

49 (39,60)

0.746

48 (36,55)

60 (49,69)

 < 0.001*

52.3 ± 13.3

45.2 ± 17.3

 < 0.001*

 Male gender, n (%)

43 (43.0)

198 (55.2)

0.031*

171 (57.0)

27 (45.7)

0.113

64 (47.4)

134 (59.8)

0.022

 BMI (kg/m2)

22.7 (20.7,24.3)

23.7 (21.5,25.6)

0.004*

23.7 (21.5,25.5)

23.6 (21.3,25.8)

0.754

24.2 (22.2,26.2)

23.3 (20.8,25.4)

0.001*

 BSA (m2)

1.6 ± 0.2

1.7 ± 0.2

 < 0.001*

1.7 ± 0.2

1.6 ± 0.2

0.033*

1.7 (1.6,1.8)

1.7 (1.5,1.8)

0.316

 Heart rate (beat/minute)

72 (66,78)

73 (65,77)

0.654

73 (66,76)

71 (63,78)

0.431

73 (65,80)

73 (66,75)

0.164

 Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

24 (6.7)

20 (6.7)

4 (6.8)

1.000

12 (8.9)

12 (5.4)

0.194

 Hypertension, n (%)

82 (22.8)

62 (20.7)

20 (33.9)

0.027*

36 (26.7)

46 (20.5)

0.180

 Obstructive HCM, n (%)

137 (38.2)

103 (34.3)

34 (57.6)

0.001*

67 (49.6)

70 (31.3)

0.001*

 Family history of SCD, n (%)

49 (13.6)

39 (13.0)

10 (16.9)

0.419

18 (13.3)

31 (13.8)

0.892

 History of syncope, n (%)

65 (18.1)

50 (16.7)

15 (25.4)

0.110

24 (17.8)

41 (18.3)

0.900

 CAD, n (%)

27 (7.5)

21 (7.0)

6 (10.2)

0.566

15 (11.1)

12 (5.4)

0.045*

Cardiac medications

  β blocker, n (%)

239 (66.6)

194 (64.7)

45 (76.3)

0.084

102 (75.6)

137 (61.2)

0.005*

  1. BMI  body mass index, BSA  body surface area, CAD coronary artery disease,  HCM  hypertrophic cardiomyopathy,  SCD  sudden cardiac death
  2. *p < 0.05; Data are expressed as mean ± SD, mean with 25th–75th percentiles in parentheses, or as a percentage for categorical variables