Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of included patients

	SCH (n = 10)	CCH (n = 10)	Control (n = 10)
Cause of death	SCD: IHF (6), HHF (3), AS (1)	Accident (8), Cerebral hemorrhage (2)	Accident (8), Pneumonia (2)
Age, years	63 (41–82)	59 (43–74)	58 (42–76)
Sex	10 men	10 men	8 men, 2 women
BMI (kg/m2)	25.0 (17.5–34.5) *	25.4 (19.4–28.4) *	20.6 (14.0–27.5)
BNP (pg/mL)	30.0 (2.0–56.6)	16.4 (2.0–81.5)	6.0 (2.0–21.8)

SCD sudden cardiac death; SCH SCD with acquired cardiac hypertrophy; CCH compensated cardiac hypertrophy; IHF ischemic heart failure; HHF hypertensive heart failure; AS aortic stenosis; BMI body mass index; BNP B-type natriuretic peptide whose lowest detectable level is 2.0 pg/mL in our assay. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.001, compared with control cases. Individual characteristics are detailed in Online Resource 1