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Table 1 Clinical features with absence or presence of a mutation in one of the studied genes

From: Clinical predictors of a positive genetic test in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the Brazilian population

Mutation

 

Absence

 

Presence

  
 

Mean

SD

 

Mean

SD

 

p value

Age at diagnosis (years)

38

16

 

33

13

 

0.026

Current age (years)

48

17

 

43

13

 

0.028

MCF (bpm)

67

9

 

71

11

 

0.006

Septum (mm)

20

6

 

21

5

 

0.179

PW (mm)

12

3

 

12

6

 

0.581

LA (mm)

42

8

 

43

8

 

0.164

EF (%)

71

9

 

71

9

 

0.638

  

Count

Frequency (%)

 

Count

Frequency (%)

 

Sex

M

79

57.2

 

76

58.3

0.902

 

F

59

42.8

 

54

58.5

AF

No

91

93.8

 

90

87.4

0.150

 

Yes

6

6.2

 

13

12.6

Obstructive

No

73

64.6

 

81

70.4

0.397

 

Yes

40

54.1

 

34

29.6

NSVT

No

63

75.9

 

50

54.9

0.004

 

Yes

20

24.1

 

41

45.1

 
  1. SD Standard deviation, MCF medium cardiac frequency, PW posterior wall thickness, LA left atrium size, EF ejection fraction, AF atrial fibrillation, obstructive ventricular gradient above 30 mmHg, NSVT non-sustained ventricular tachycardia. p-values < 0.05 are marked in bold.
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