Table 3.

Mean age distribution by sex of cardiac patients on follow up at the cardiac clinic of JUSH, during the period from Sep 14, 2003 – Sep 14, 2008.

Etiology		Sex			P Value*
		Male	Female	Total
RHD
	Mean age	1.7	31.1	31.4	0.737
	SD	14.1	12.4	13.2
HHD
	Mean age	53.6	47.0	51.1	0.002
	SD	14.7	13.1	14.4
Cardiomyopathy
	Mean age	50.1	42.9	46.5	0.004
	SD	16.7	14.4	16.0
IHD
	Mean age	58.0	56.0	57.2	0.437
	SD	11.3	13.5	12.2
Cor-pulmonale
	Mean age	44.2	49.1	47.0	0.43
	SD	18.6	14.9	16.5
Arrhythmia
	Mean age	34.8	32.5	33.7	0.717
	SD	17.3	15.5	16.2
Others
	Mean age	54.8	40.1	45.6	0.041
	SD	14.8	18.2	18.2
Total
	Mean age	46.3	40.4	43.5	0.000
	SD	17.9	15.9	17.2
P-valueΨ				0.000

^*p-value from independent sampling t-test

^Ψp-value from ANOVA