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. 2023 Jul 31;25:44. doi: 10.1186/s12968-023-00951-y

Table 3.

Characteristics by myocardial categorization

Characteristic Normal (n = 3) High T1 (n = 12) Fibrosis (n = 21) Edema (n = 10) Fat (n = 1) Fibrofatty (n = 2)
Age (years) 11.5 [8.5–14.3] 11.7 [9.8–14.7] 11.0 [9.6–15.0] 14.6 [12.0–21.4] 14.0 18.5 [17.8–19.1]
Weight (kg) 57.0 [33.2–66.5] 47.9 [40.2–70.1] 42.7 [30.5–52.3] 52.6 [38.1–82.7] 73.2 76.6 [64.5–88.6]
Steroid use at CMR1 3 (100%) 11 (92%) 12 (57%) 4 (40%) 0 (0%) 1 (50%)
LV Ejection Fraction (%) 66 [64–67] 60 [59–62] 59 [55–61] 55 [49–57] 68 36 [24–48]
LGE present 1 (33%) 5 (42%) 14 (67%) 9 (90%) 0 (0%) 2 (100%)
LGE (%) 9.77 12.5 [9.3–25.1] 30.2 [19.5–36.4] 28.2 [24.1–38.6] 44.7 [28.0–61.4]
Basal strain − 17.2 [ − 19.1, − 15.0] − 13.6 [− 15.7, − 12.6] − 13.4 [− 15.8, − 12.4] − 13.6 [− 16.1, − 10.6] − 13.3 − 8.9 [− 12.1, − 5.6]
Mid strain (%) − 18.6 [− 18.8, − 17.3] − 16.7 [− 18.6, − 13.6] − 14.6 [− 16.9, − 13.0] − 14.7 [− 16.8, − 11.3] − 15.5 − 8.5 [− 13.1, − 3.9]
Apical strain (%) − 18.6 [− 19.7, − 18.1] − 17.6 [18.9, − 14.6] − 16.2 [− 18.0, − 13.5] − 15.9 [− 19.2, − 12.3] − 14.7 − 9.7 [− 15.2, − 4.2]

Characteristics based on proposed myocardial categorization at the time of first CMR. Continuous variables presented as median [IQR]; categorical variables presented as number (%). CMR1, first cardiac MRI; ECV, extracellular volume fraction; LGE, late gadolinium enhancement; LV, left ventricle