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. 2002 Feb;87(2):126–130. doi: 10.1136/heart.87.2.126

Table 3.

Age distribution of patients with idiopathic cardiomyopathy reported in the second survey, by sex

Male Female Total
Age group (years) n % n % n %
Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
0–9 12 0.9 16 3.0 28 1.4
10–19 12 0.9 10 1.9 22 1.1
20–29 38 2.7 16 3.0 54 2.8
30–39 100 7.1 13 2.4 113 5.8
40–49 204 14.6 55 10.3 259 13.4
50–59 360 25.7 85 16.0 445 23.0
60–69 417 29.8 178 33.5 595 30.8
70–79 201 14.4 128 24.1 329 17.0
≥80 56 4.0 31 5.8 87 4.5
Total 1400 100.0 532 100.0 1932 100.0
Idiopathic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
0–9 11 0.7 14 2.2 25 1.2
10–19 55 3.7 31 4.8 86 4.0
20–29 39 2.6 31 4.8 70 3.3
30–39 61 4.1 20 3.1 81 3.8
40–49 152 10.2 50 7.8 202 9.5
50–59 348 23.4 101 15.7 449 21.0
60–69 506 34.0 184 28.6 690 32.3
70–79 267 17.9 163 25.3 430 20.1
≥80 51 3.4 50 7.8 101 4.7
Total 1490 100.0 644 100.0 2134 100.0
Idiopathic restrictive cardiomyopathy
0–9 1 7.1 1 8.3 2 7.7
10–19 2 14.3 2 16.7 4 15.4
20–29 3 21.4 0 0.0 3 11.5
30–39 1 7.1 0 0.0 1 3.8
40–49 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
50–59 1 7.1 1 8.3 2 7.7
60–69 5 35.7 3 25.0 8 30.8
70–70 1 7.1 4 33.3 5 19.2
≥80 0 0.0 1 8.3 1 3.8
Total 14 100.0 12 100.0 26 100.0