Table 2.

Characteristics of women with heart disease on echocardiographic screening

Characteristics of women with heart disease (n=58)	n (%)	Prevalence per 1000 in screened population (95% CI)
Any heart disease	58	17 (13 to 21)
Rheumatic heart disease, n (%)	51 (87.9)	15 (11 to 19)
Mild, n (%)	31 (53.4)	9 (6 to 13)
Moderate, n (%)	14 (24.1)	4 (2 to 7)
Severe, n (%)	6 (10.3)	2 (0.8 to 4)
Cardiomyopathy, n (%)	1 (1.7)	0.3 (0.1 to 2)
Structural heart disease, n (%)	1 (1.7)	0.3 (0.1 to 2)
Other, n (%)	4 (6.9)	1 (0.4 to 3)
NYHA functional class at entry
I, n (%)	7 (13.4)
II, n (%)	41 (78.8)
III, n (%)	4 (7.7)
IV, n (%)	0
Maternal knowledge of heart disease prior to echo, n (%)	2 (3.4)
Cardiac medications prior to study, n (%)	1 (1.7)
Echo finding for women with RHD (n=51)
LV ejection fraction <55%, n (%)	0 (0)
Mitral regurgitation, n (%)	45 (88)
Mild, n (%)	28 (54.9)
Moderate, n (%)	15 (29.4)
Severe, n (%)	2 (3.9)
Mitral stenosis, n (%)	3 (5.9)
Mild, n (%)	2 (3.9)
Moderate, n (%)	1 (2.0)
Severe, n (%)	0 (0)
Aortic insufficiency, n (%)	7 (13.7)
Mild, n (%)	5 (9.8)
Moderate, n (%)	1 (2.0)
Severe, n (%)	1 (2.0)
Aortic stenosis, n (%)	0 (0)

LV, left ventricular; NYHA, New York Heart Association; RHD, rheumatic heart disease.