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. 2024 Apr 15;5(4):416–426. doi: 10.1093/ehjdh/ztae029

Table 1.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy cohort characteristics

Overall Bern Oxford Seoul
HCM cases n = 773 n = 66 n = 304 n = 403
Sex
 Male 536 (69.3%) 36 (54.5%) 236 (77.6%) 264 (65.5%)
 Female 237 (30.7%) 30 (45.5%) 68 (22.4%) 139 (34.5%)
Age (years) 56.0 (47.0, 65.0) 60.2 (49.4, 70.7) 52.0 (42.0, 59.0) 59.0 (51.5, 68.0)
Age (years)
 <40 105 (13.6%) 9 (13.6%) 64 (21.1%) 32 (7.9%)
 40–59 366 (47.3%) 23 (34.8%) 170 (55.9%) 173 (42.9%)
 60–79 292 (37.8%) 27 (40.9%) 69 (22.7%) 196 (48.6%)
 ≥80 10 (1.3%) 7 (10.6%) 1 (0.3%) 2 (0.5%)
Race
 East Asian 422 (54.6%) 1 (1.5%) 18 (5.9%) 403 (100.0%)
 Black 17 (2.2%) 0 (0.0%) 17 (5.6%) 0 (0.0%)
 White 334 (43.2%) 65 (98.5%) 269 (88.5%) 0 (0.0%)
Coronary artery disease 99 (12.8%) 19 (28.8%) 5 (1.6%) 75 (18.6%)
Atrial fibrillation 161 (20.8%) 37 (56.1%) 34 (11.2%) 90 (22.3%)
Cerebrovascular event 98 (12.7%) 34 (51.5%) 9 (3.0%) 55 (13.6%)
Diabetes 108 (14.0%) 11 (16.7%) 13 (4.3%) 84 (20.8%)
Hypertension 268 (34.7%) 35 (53.0%) 55 (18.1%) 178 (44.2%)
Sudden cardiac arrest 27 (3.5%) 9 (13.6%) 15 (4.9%) 3 (0.7%)
Implantable cardioverter–defibrillatora 47 (6.1%) 15 (22.7%) 23 (7.6%) 9 (2.2%)
Obstructive phenotype 121 (15.7%) 37 (56.9%) 43 (14.1%) 41 (10.2%)
Apical HCM 169 (21.9%) 4 (6.1%) 21 (6.9%) 144 (35.7%)
Family history of HCM 189 (24.5%) 29 (44.6%) 117 (38.5%) 43 (10.7%)
LVEF (%) 65.0 (60.0, 70.0) 65.0 (55.0, 65.0) 67.0 (61.7, 73.9) 64.0 (60.0, 68.0)
LVEF <50% 23 (3%) 7 (10.6%) 9 (3%) 7 (1.7%)
Resting LVOT gradient (mmHg) 6.3 (4.2, 13.0) 20.5 (10.0, 67.5) 7.8 (5.0, 15.0) 5.4 (3.8, 9.0)
Maximum wall thickness (mm) 19.0 (16.1, 22.0) 20.0 (17.0, 23.0) 20.0 (16.8, 23.2) 18.0 (16.0, 21.0)
Genetic testing performed 405 (52.4%) 17 (25.8%) 304 (100%) 84 (20.8%)
Genetic testing positive 194 (25.1%) 12 (18.2%) 145 (47.7%) 37 (9.2%)
Controls n = 3867 n = 3350 n = 117 n = 400
Sex
 Male 2443 (63.2%) 2157 (64.4%) 74 (63.2%) 212 (53.0%)
 Female 1424 (36.8%) 1193 (35.6%) 43 (36.8%) 188 (47.0%)
Age (years) 65.4 (54.2, 75.0) 67.5 (57.0, 76.3) 47.0 (30.0, 61.0) 53.0 (46.0, 60.0)
Age (years)
 <40 301 (7.8%) 223 (6.7%) 46 (39.3%) 32 (8.0%)
 40–59 1059 (27.4%) 757 (22.6%) 38 (32.5%) 264 (66.0%)
 60–79 1842 (47.6%) 1711 (51.1%) 31 (26.5%) 100 (25.0%)
 ≥80 665 (17.2%) 659 (19.7%) 2 (1.7%) 4 (1.0%)

Data shown as absolute counts (%) or medians (inter-quartile range).

HCM, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVOT, left ventricular outflow tract.

aPrior or future implantable cardioverter–defibrillator implantation.