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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 26.
Published in final edited form as: Sci Transl Med. 2012 Nov 28;4(162):162ra155. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3004327

Table 2.

Baseline comparison of the two study groups

Group n Age, years BMI, kg/m2 MVC
right arm, kg		 MVC
left arm, kg		 SBP, mmHg DBP, mmHg HR, beats per min LVEF, %
Patients with BMD 10 37 ± 3 25.0 ± 1.6 27 ± 3* 26 ± 3* 118 ± 3 78 ± 3 79 ± 5 60.7 ± 1.8
Healthy controls 7 34 ± 3 25.0 ± 1.7 54 ± 2 47 ± 3 114 ± 2 71 ± 3 78 ± 2 65.7 ± 1.3

BMI, body mass index; MVC, maximum voluntary contraction; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HR, heart rate; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction.

*

P < 0.05 versus controls.