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Table 1 General characteristics of study participants

From: APOE ε4 carriage associates with improved myocardial performance from adolescence to older age

  

NSHD

SABRE

UK Biobank

ALSPAC

Variable

 

Count (%), n = 1467

Count (%), n = 1187

Cohort (%), n = 32,972

Cohort (%), n = 1397

Exposure: APOE ε4 genotype

ε2ε2

8 (0.55%)

6 (0.51%)

178 (0.54%)

12 (0.86%)

 

ε2ε3

169 (11.54%)

130 (11.95%)

4046 (12.27%)

200 (14.32%)

 

ε2ε4

44 (3.00%)

27 (2.28%)

773 (2.34%)

35 (2.50%)

 

ε3ε3

855 (57.36%)

726 (61.16%)

19,587 (59.41%)

801 (57.34%)

 

ε3ε4

343 (23.41%)

269 (22.66%)

7647 (23.19%)

322 (23.05%)

 

ε4ε4

46 (3.14%)

29 (2.44%)

741 (2.25%)

27 (1.93%)

Echo at 60–64 years

APOE ε4 status

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

EF

−/−

65.06 (60.02, 69.27)

62.17 (55.81, 68.51)

59.75 (55.84, 63.69)

65.77 (61.67, 69.29)

 

+/−

64.73 (59.33, 69.43)

63.05 (57.66, 69.74)

59.64 (55.85, 63/66)

65.61 (60.90, 69.47)

 

+/+

66.68 (61.94, 69.34)

62.07 (56.71, 67.73)

60.10 (56.37, 63.95)

65.26 (62.57, 67.21)

E/e’

−/−

7.72 (6.51, 9.20)

8.12 (7.11, 10.78)

N/A

5.42 (4.69, 6.20)

 

+/−

7.52 (6.30, 8.87)

8.91 (7.51, 10.53)

N/A

5.43 (4.71, 6.19)

 

+/+

7.18 (6.07, 8.37)

8.35 (6.73, 9.86)

N/A

5.16 (4.47, 5.55)

LPDSR

−/−

N/A

N/A

1.59 (1.23, 2.00)

N/A

 

+/−

N/A

N/A

1.61 (1.25, 2.01)

N/A

 

+/+

N/A

N/A

1.62 (1.27, 2.00)

N/A

RPDSR

−/−

N/A

N/A

−5.70 (−7.03, −4.38)

N/A

 

+/−

N/A

N/A

−5.77 (−7.05, −4.43)

N/A

 

+/+

N/A

N/A

−5.71 (−7.05, − 4.43)

N/A

LVmass

−/−

108.89 (92.86, 131.80)

93.38 (79.59, 107.72)

82.71 (68.41, 100.79)

123.90 (105.44, 150.22)

 

+/−

108.38 (87.62, 137.70)

93.75 (80.83, 109.64)

82.53 (68.51, 100.49)

123.4 (102.7, 148.7)

 

+/+

113.25 (98.08, 127.13)

91.24 (80.83, 109.2)

81.69 (68.78, 100.88)

132.65 (015.95, 162.72)

MCF

−/−

0.47 (0.37, 0.59)

0.58 (0.49, 0.70)

1.07 (0.95, 1.21)

0.45 (0.39, 0.51)

 

+/−

0.51 (0.39, 0.65)

0.60 (0.50, 0.71)

1.08 (0.95, 1.22)

0.46 (0.40,0.52)

 

+/+

0.53 (0.42, 0.60)

0.62 (0.55, 0.68)

1.09 (0.97, 1.23)

0.45 (0.38, 0.50)

LVPWTs

−/−

1.57 (1.40, 1.74)

1.48 (1.35, 1.62)

N/A

1.32 (1.23, 1.44)

 

+/−

1.58 (1.42, 1.80)

1.45 (1.32, 1.59)

N/A

1.32 (1.22, 1.43)

 

+/+

1.60 (1.47, 1.74)

1.39 (1.26, 1.60)

N/A

1.33 (1.24, 1.48)

LVPWTd

−/−

0.98 (0.87, 1.09)

1.02 (0.92, 1.13)

5.65 (5.14, 6.21)

0.86 (0.79, 0.95)

 

+/−

0.98 (0.88, 1.10)

1.01 (0.91, 1.12)

5.64 (5.15, 6.23)

0.85 (0.78, 0.93)

 

+/+

0.96 (0.87, 1.04)

0.98 (0.90, 1.10)

5.67 (5.17, 6.26)

0.85 (0.78, 0.94)

IVSs

−/−

1.50 (1.34, 1.68)

1.58 (1.42, 1.74)

N/A

1.17 (1.07, 1.30)

 

+/−

1.51 (1.35, 1.69)

1.57 (1.40, 1.76)

N/A

1.17 (1.07, 1.28)

 

+/+

1.50 (1.36, 1.64)

1.51 (1.44, 1.70)

N/A

1.15 (1.04, 1.29)

IVSd

−/−

1.04 (0.91, 1.18)

1.15 (1.03, 1.30)

5.59 (4.98, 6.13)

0.83 (0.75, 0.92)

 

+/−

1.04 (0.90, 1.18)

1.14 (1.01, 1.29)

5.58 (4.98, 6.12)

0.82 (0.74, 0.90)

 

+/+

1.09 (0.93, 1.15)

1.09 (1.04, 1.21)

5.58 (4.97, 6.12)

0.84 (0.76, 0.92)

Covariates

Count (%) or Median (IQR)

Count (%) or Median (IQR)

Count (%) or Median (IQR)

Count (%) or Median (IQR)

Age

62 (0)

52.08 (7.27)

63.63 (7.57)

20.5 (0)

Sex, male

708 (48.32%)

911 (76.75%)

15,750 (47.77%)

581 (41.59%)

BMI

26.94 (24.49, 30.22)

27.00 (24.35, 29.90)

25.84 (23.46, 28.77)

22.96 (20.73, 25.60)

CVD, Yes

875 (8.72%)

232 (19.55%)

2153 (6.53%)

0 (0%)

Diabetes, Yes

321 (21.88%)

256 (21.57%)

1991 (6.04%)

8 (0.57%)

High cholesterol, Yes

282 (19.22%)

235 (19.80%)

6145 (18.64%)

60 (5.16%)

Hypertension

719 (50.65%)

700 (58.98%)

9106 (27.62%)

64 (5.72%)

  1. Participants were included in the study if they had the apolipoprotein APOE ε genotype and at least one echocardiographic parameter available
  2. −/−, no APOE ε4 carriage; +/−, heterozygous APOE ε4 carriage; +/+, homozygous; ALSPPAC, Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children; APOE ε4 carriage; APOE, apolipoprotein E, BMI, body mass index; CVD, cardiovascular disease; Echo, echocardiography; EF, ejection fraction; IQR, interquartile, IVSs/d, interventricular septal thickness in systole/diastole; LVmassi, left ventricular mass indexed to body surface area, LVPWTs/d left ventricular posterior wall thickness in systole/diastole; MCFi, myocardial contraction fraction; N/A, not applicable; NSHD, National Survey of Health and Development; L/RPDSR, longitudinal/radial peak diastolic strain rate; SABRE, Southall and Brent Revisited