Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the 183 patients with bicuspid aortic valve. For categorical variables the numbers of subjects are shown with the percent in parenthesis, and a Fisher's exact test was used to compare AA and C.
| All patients (n=183) | African-American (n=45) | Caucasian (n=138) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male, n (%) | 126 (69) | 29 (64) | 97 (70.8) | 0.4 |
| # Age (year) | 44.8 (17) | 49.9 (17.1) | 43.2 (16.8) | 0.03 |
| # Height (in) | 69.4 (4.8) | 68.9 (5.7) | 69.6 (4.5) | 0.6 |
| # Weight (lbs) | 177.9 (41.1) | 183.9 (54.5) | 176.1 (36.3) | 0.5 |
| Hypertension (%) | 55 (30) | 22 (49) | 33 (24.1) | 0.001 |
| Hyperlipemia (%) | 32 (18) | 8 (18) | 24 (17.6) | 0.8 |
| Beta-blocker (%) | 39 (21) | 12 (27) | 30 (22) | 0.3 |
| ACE-I/ARB (%) | 41 (22) | 12 (29) | 32 (23) | 0.3 |
| Type of BAV(%) | 0.11 | |||
| Type 1 | 145 (79) | 32 (71) | 113 (82) | |
| Type 2 | 37 (20) | 13 (29) | 24 (17) | |
| Type 3 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | |
| Aortic stenosis (%) (%) | 0.72 | |||
| None | 133 (73) | 34 (76) | 99 (72) | |
| Mild | 24 (13) | 5 (11) | 20 (14) | |
| Moderate | 14 (7) | 4 (9) | 10 (7) | |
| Severe | 11 (6) | 2 (5) | 9 (7) | |
| Aortic insufficiency (%) | 0.48 | |||
| None | 86 (47) | 25 (56) | 61 (45) | |
| Mild | 74 (41) | 15 (33) | 59 (43) | |
| Moderate | 15 (8) | 3 (7) | 12 (9) | |
| Severe | 7 (4) | 2 (4) | 5 (4) | |
| No AS and No AI (%) | 57 (32) | 18 (44) | 39 (29) | 0.07 |
| Coarctation (%) | 9 (5) | 2 (5) | 7 (5) | 0.95 |
| # Mean LVEDD (cm) | 4.9 (0.8) | 4.8 (0.8) | 4.9 (0.7) | 0.46 |
| # Mean LVESD (cm) | 3.2 (0.5) | 3.2 (0.4) | 3.4 (0.5) | 0.88 |
#
Continuous variables are shown as mean and standard deviation in parenthesis, and AA and C were compared by independent Wilcoxon test.