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. 2009 Dec 8;339:b4606. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b4606

Table 3.

Prevalence and rates of reported first occurrence of a cardiac condition

Survivors Siblings
Prevalence (n (%)) Rate (95% CI) per 10 000 person years§ Prevalence (n (%))
Congestive heart failure* 248 (1.7) 9.7 (9.4 to 10.1) 7 (0.2)
Myocardial infarction 101 (0.7) 2.8 (2.4 to 3.3) 6 (0.2)
Pericardial disease 181 (1.3) 5.8 (5.4 to 6.4) 13 (0.3)
Valvular abnormalities 238 (1.6) 6.4 (5.9 to 7.1) 21 (0.5)

*Congestive heart failure or cardiomyopathy.

Pericarditis or pericardial constriction.

Stiff or leaking heart valves.

§Age adjusted and predicted at median survivors’ age of 20 years; too few events for stable age adjusted rate estimation among siblings.