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. 2021 Nov 9;38(4):841–852. doi: 10.1007/s10554-021-02462-2

Table 2.

Clinical and CMR characteristics of patients from Heidelberg

Healthy subjects
n = 16
Amyloidosis
n = 23
DCM
n = 56
HCM
n = 30
HHD
n = 21
Clinical characteristics
 Age (years) 49.3 ± 18.8 69.0 ± 11.3* 54.3 ± 13.2 55.1 ± 15.9 52.6 ± 8.7
 Gender, n (female/male) 7/9 9/14 24/32 10/20 8/13
 BMI (kg/m2) 25.8 ± 3.9 25.4 ± 4.2 26.9 ± 5.1* 27.0 ± 4.6* 31.6 ± 6.2*
 hsTnT (pg/l) 9.0, n = 1 34.8 (11–66)*, n = 9 24.8 (< 3–214), n = 18 9.8 (5–16), n = 5 15.0, n = 1
 NT-proBNP (µg/ml)  < 20.0, n = 1 3001.6 (997–7059)*, n = 9 3119.0 (62–15,089), n = 9 204.0 (24–431), n = 5 408.0, n = 1
 GFR (ml/min/1.73 m2 [CKD-EPI]) 93.5 ± 16.8 67.9 ± 15.8* 85.5 ± 17.3 86.9 ± 22.9 89.2 ± 17.2
 Creatinine (µmol/l) 86.1 ± 17.0 103.6 ± 23.8* 91.5 ± 20.5 91.7 ± 25.9 91.7 ± 26.4
 Hypertension, n 4 n = 12 6 n = 12 19 n = 43 12 n = 19 20 n = 21
 Diabetes mellitus, n 2 2 1 0 3
 Hyperlipidaemia, n 3 6 11 3 3
 Smoking history, n 4 1 13 4 7
 Familiy history of CVD 3 2 12 5 3
CMR characteristics
 LVEDV (ml/m2) 77.5 ± 14.9 82.2 ± 17.7 119.9 ± 37.9* 77.0 ± 18.7 80.4 ± 20.0
 LVESV (ml/m2) 30.6 ± 7.5 40.7 ± 16.2* 74.0 ± 36.0* 26.7 ± 11.5* 30.5 ± 10.3
 LVEF (%) 60.8 ± 4.2 51.4 ± 11.7* 40.3 ± 10.3* 66.3 ± 7.7* 62.4 ± 6.2
LV mass (g/m2) 50.4 ± 12.1 93.2 ± 20.5* 69.5 ± 19.9* 78.0 ± 21.6* 70.2 ± 19.4*
 Septal thickness (mm) 9.4 ± 1.6 18.0 ± 2.6* 9.6 ± 1.6 17.8 ± 3.6* 12.9 ± 1.6*
 Native T1 value at 1.5T (ms) 1,011.1 ± 37.9 n = 8 1,164.4 ± 51.5* n = 14 1,025.6 ± 35.6* n = 23 1,027.4 ± 39.4* n = 11 1,010.0 ± 31.1 n = 2
 Native T1 value at 3T (ms) 1,239.1 ± 43.3 n = 8 1,407.3 ± 26.6* n = 9 1,274.6 ± 30.2* n = 33 1,270.3 ± 32.2* n = 19 1,247.8 ± 35.8 n = 19

Values are expressed as mean ± SD. Number of patients are presented where it differed from the patient group

BMI body mass index, hsTnT high-sensitivity Troponin T, NT-proBPN N-terminal pro b-type natriuretic peptide, GFR glomerular filtration rate, LVEDV left ventricular end-diastolic volume, LVESV left ventricular end-systolic volume, LV left ventricular, LGE late gadolinium enchancement

*p < 0.05 when compared to healthy volunteers from Table 1