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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study population by gender

From: Spectrum of cardiovascular diseases at a referral tertiary care hospital in Somalia, Mogadishu: an echocardiographic study

Variables

All (n:1140)

Male (n:646)

Female (n:494)

p value

Age, years

60 (42–70)

61 (47–71)

60 (35–70)

0.002

Child, n (%)

113 (9.9)

54 (8.4)

59 (11.9)

0.045

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

263 (23.1)

183 (28.3)

80 (16.2)

< 0.001

Hypertensive heart disease, n (%)

454 (39.8)

274 (42.4)

180 (36.4)

0.041

Current smoker, n (%)

57 (5.0)

26 (4.0)

31 (6.3)

0.084

Ischemic heart disease, n (%)

278 (24.4)

206 (31.9)

72 (14.5)

< 0.001

Heart failure with reduced EF, n (%)

351 (30.8)

237 (36.7)

114 (23.1)

< 0.001

 Mildly reduced (41–49%)

59 (5.2)

33 (5.1)

26 (5.3)

 

 Reduced (≤ 40%)

292 (25.6)

204 (31.6)

88 (17.8)

 

Valvular heart disease, n (%)

395 (34.6)

234 (36.2)

161 (32.6)

0.555

 Mild

170 (14.9)

104 (16.1)

66 (13.4)

 

 Moderate

166 (14.6)

96 (14.9)

70 (14.2)

 

 Severe

59 (5.2)

34 (5.3)

25 (5.1)

 

Rheumatic heart disease, n (%)

84 (7.4)

30 (4.6)

54 (10.9)

< 0.001

Congenital heart disease, n (%)

151 (13.2)

75 (11.6)

76 (15.4)

0.062

Pulmonary arterial hypertension, n (%)

260 (22.8)

150 (23.2)

110 (22.3)

0.745

COPD, n (%)

66 (5.8)

13 (2.0)

53 (10.7)

< 0.001

Dilated cardiomyopathy, n (%)

225 (19.7)

160 (24.8)

65 (13.2)

< 0.001

Constrictive pericarditis, n (%)

9 (0.8)

7 (1.1)

2 (0.4)

0.173

Peripartum cardiomyopathy, n (%)

21 (1.8)

21 (4.3)

Tuberculosis, n (%)

202 (17.7)

104 (16.1)

98 (19.8)

0.101

  1. Bold indicates p value < 0.05 was considered significant
  2. Data are presented as number (n) and percentage (%), or median (interquartile range). p value was calculated using the Mann–Whitney U-test for continuous variables and the Chi-Square test or the Fisher's exact test for categorical variables as appropriate. p value < 0.05 was considered significant. COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, EF ejection fraction