TABLE 1.

Population Demographics

Group size		Age (mean ± SD)	Gender (f/m)
Healthy controls	40	64.9 ± 4.5	11
Chronic IHD	80	67.3 ± 7.0	29
Chronic IHD + MR	22	68.4 ± 6.2	6
Chronic IHD + AS	8	68.7 ± 7.3	2
DCMP	30	57.7 ± 11.0	8
ICMP	20	67.7 ± 7.3	3
Diastolic disfunction	12	68.8 ± 10.5	6
Total	212	65.7 ± 9.2	65

IHD = ischemic heart diseases; MR = mitral regurgitation; AS = aortic stenosis; DCMP = nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy; ICMP = ischemic cardiomyopathy.