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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 12.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2012 Dec 12;308(22):2380–2389. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.28726

Table 4.

End Point Analyses of Global and Regional LV Function Between Baseline and 6 Months

BMC Placebo Analysis
Between-
Group
Difference in 6-
Month Change
(95% CI)
No. Mean
(SD)
95% CI No. Mean
(SD)
95% CI P
Value
Overall Effect of Therapy
Global LV Function
LVEF, %
  Baseline 75 45.2(10.6) 37 44.5(10.8)
  Follow-up 75 48.3(13.3) 37 47.8(13.6)
  Within-group change 75 3.2(10.3) (0.9 to 5.5) 37 3.3(9.7) (0.2 to 6.4) −0.1 (−4.1 to 3.9) 0.959

Regional LV Function
Infarct zone wall motion, mm
  Baseline 75 4.0(4.7) 37 4.1(3.7)
  Follow-up 75 5.7(6.3) 37 6.7(6.3)
  Within-group change 75 1.7(5.5) (0.5 to 2.9) 37 2.6(4.9) (1.0 to 4.2) −0.9 (−3.0 to 1.2) 0.409
Border zone wall motion, mm
Border zone wall motion, mm
  Baseline 75 15.2(9.9) 37 13.1(10.4)
  Follow-up 75 19.1(11.8) 37 17.4(13.0)
  Within-group change 75 3.8(8.8) (1.8 to 5.8) 37 4.3(8.0) (1.7 to 6.9) −0.5 (−3.9 to 2.9) 0.777

Day 3
Global LV Function
LVEF, %
  Baseline 41 46.1
(11.1)
22 41.6
(10.0)
  Follow-up 41 49.6
(14.2)
22 45.9
(13.8)
  Within-group change 41 3.5 (11.0) (0.1 to
6.9)
22 4.4 (10.6) (0.0 to 8.8) −0.9 (−6.6 to 4.9) 0.763

Regional LV Function
Infarct zone wall motion, mm
  Baseline 41 4.2 (5.2) 22 3.7 (4.3)
  Follow-up 41 6.3 (6.9) 22 6.1 (6.7)
  Within-group change 41 2.1 (5.9) (0.3 to
3.9)
22 2.4 (5.3) (0.2 to 4.6) −0.3 (−3.3 to 2.7) 0.824
Border zone wall motion, mm
  Baseline 41 16.7 (11.2) 22 12.6 (11.0)
  Follow-up 41 20.2
(12.9)
22 16.9
(12.9)
  Within-group change 41 3.5 (9.3) (0.7 to
6.3)
22 4.3 (8.7) (0.7 to 7.9) −0.8 (−5.6 to 4.0) 0.745

Day 7
Global LV Function
LVEF, %
  Baseline 34 44.0 (9.9) 15 48.8
(10.9)
  Follow-up 34 46.8
(12.3)
15 50.4
(13.3)
  Within-group change 34 2.8 (9.7) (−0.5 to
6.1)
15 1.7 (8.2) (−2.4 to 5.8) 1.1 (−4.7 to 6.9) 0.702

Regional LV Function
Infarct zone wall motion, mm
  Baseline 34 3.8 (3.9) 15 4.7 (2.7)
  Follow-up 34 5.0 (5.5) 15 7.4 (5.9)
  Within-group change 34 1.2 (4.9) (−0.4 to 2.8) 15 2.8 (4.4) (0.6 to 5.0) −1.6 (−4.5 to 1.4) 0.297
Border zone wall motion, mm
  Baseline 34 13.5 (7.7) 15 13.8 (9.7)
  Follow-up 34 17.7
(10.3)
15 18.2
(13.6)
  Within-group change 34 4.2 (8.3) (1.4 to
7.0)
15 4.4 (7.2) (0.8 to 8.0) −0.1 (−5.1 to 4.8) 0.955