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. 2011 Feb 9;53(1):7. doi: 10.1186/1751-0147-53-7

Table 4.

Echocardiographic characteristics for cats over 4 years of age.

cMyBP-C p.A31P genotype P-value
Heterozygous (G/C) Wild type (G/G)
n, gender distribution 14 (4 males) 34 (14 males) -
Age, y (median, 95% range) 5.7, 4.0; 9.0 4.5, 4.0; 6.0 0.17
Weight, kg (median, 95% range) 6.0, 4.5; 8.8 5.1, 8.7; 3.5 > 0.05
IVSd, mm (median, 95% range) 3.7, 3.1; 6.2 3.9, 2.9; 6.2 0.40
LVIDd, mm (median, 95% range) 16.6, 13.8; 19.3 15.9, 13.8; 1.9 0.20
LVFWd, mm (median, 95% range) 4.0, 2.7; 7.2 4.0, 2.9; 5.8 0.70
IVSs, mm (median, 95% range) 6.6, 5.0; 12.4 6.7, 5.0; 9.0 0.82
LVIDs, mm (median, 95% range) 9.6, 3.9; 12.9 10.0, 6.3; 14.0 0.83
LVFWs, mm (median, 95% range) 7.0, 5.2; 9.2 7.0, 4.1; 9.8 0.08
LA/Ao, (median, 95% range) 1.0, 0.9; 1.3 1.0, 0.9; 1.4 0.06
% with murmur 7 0
% with SAM 7 0
% with obliteration 14 3
% with hypertrophic papillary muscle 7 12
% with increased LA 0 0

IVSd: diastolic intraventricular septum, LVIDd: diastolic left ventricular inner diameter, LVFWd: diastolic left ventricular free wall, IVSs: systolic intraventricular septum, LVIDs: systolic left ventricular inner diameter, LVFWs: systolic left ventricular free wall, LA/Ao: left atrium over aorta.