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. 2013 Jan 16;15(1):6. doi: 10.1186/1532-429X-15-6

Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Variable
Reproducibility cohort
Contemporaneous echocardiography cohort
  Frequency or median (interquartile range) N = 1044 Frequency or median (interquartile range) N = 444
Demographics
 
 
Age (years)
54 (42–65)
55 (44–65)
Female
41%
36%
White race
88%
88%
Black race
8.5%
8.1%
 
 
 
General Indication for CMR exam
 
 
Known or suspected cardiomyopathy
31%
36%
Possible coronary disease (stress testing or viability)
31%
30%
Vasodilator stress testing
17%
17%
Evaluation for arrhythmia substrate
21%
25%
Mass or thrombus
3%
3%
 
 
 
Hospitalization status
 
 
Inpatient
33%
36%
 
 
 
Comorbidity
 
 
Hypertension
45%
51%
Diabetes
17%
19%
Dyslipidemia
35%
37%
Current cigarette smoking
15%
20%
Atrial fibrillation or flutter
6%
8%
Body mass index (kg/m2)
28.1 (24.4-33.4)
28.1 (24.1-33.2)
Obstructive coronary artery disease (>70% by angiography)
19%
20%
Prior coronary bypass
8%
8%
Prior percutaneous coronary intervention
14%
15%
Prior heart failure documented in medical records
18%
22%
Laboratory, CMR, or Echocardiography data
 
 
Glomerular filtration rate (mL/min/1.73 m2)
82 (66–102)
81 (66–105)
Ejection fraction by echocardiography (%)
58 (34–63)
58 (38–63)
Ejection fraction by CMR (%)
58 (47–65)
55 (38–63)
Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE)
42%
52%
Myocardial infarction by LGE 19% 22%