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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of Study Groups

From: Cardiac profile of asymptomatic children with Becker and Duchenne muscular dystrophy under treatment with steroids and with/without perindopril

Characteristics

Group A

(n = 12)

Group B

(n = 12)

BMD Group

(n = 10)

Controls

(n = 34)

Age, yrs

10.5 ± 1.1

10.5 ± 1.3

10.9 ± 1.3

10.5 ± 1.5

Height, m

1.31 ± 0.03*

1.31 ± 0.04*

1.6 ± 0.04

1.62 ± 0.01

Weight, kg

37 ± 5.6*

39.7 ± 5*

58 ± 5.5

54.8 ± 2.6

BSA

1.16 ± 0.09*

1.22 ± 0.08*

1.6 ± 0.08

1.57 ± 0.04

Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg

106 ± 3

104 ± 5

101 ± 6

104 ± 3

Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg

56 ± 4

55 ± 4

54 ± 4

57 ± 5

Heart rate, beats/min

92 ± 4

93 ± 4

96 ± 5

91 ± 6

Daily dose of perindopril, n

    

2 mg

8

0

0

0

4 mg

4

0

0

0

  1. *p < 0.05