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. 2013 Dec 28;66(1):52–56. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2013.12.014

Table 2.

Characteristics of patients with valvular and non-valvular heart disease.

Variable Valvular (n = 270)
Non-valvular (n = 30) p value
RHD (n = 161) MVP (n = 17) DAVD (n = 60) BAV (n = 32)
Mean age (SD) 48.96 (7.27) 51.94 (7.6) 61.7 (7.04) 47.84 (7.54) 48.37 (8.74) <0.001
Sex Males (%) 85 (52.8) 11 (64.7) 42 (70) 24 (75) 16 (53.3) <0.05
Females (%) 76 (47.2) 6 (35.3) 18 (30) 8 (25) 14 (46.7)
Mean BMI (SD) 20.8 (4.5) 20.8 (3.4) 22.6 (3.6) 21.18 (4.1) 21.42 (3.28) 0.080
Diabetes (%) 15 (9.3) 1 (5.9) 8 (13.3) 5 (15.6) 2 (6.7) 0.640
Hypertension (%) 11 (6.8) 3 (17.6) 11 (18.3) 5 (15.6) 2 (6.7) 0.078
Dyslipidemia (%) 70 (43.5) 9 (52.9) 27 (45) 18 (56.2) 11 (36.7) 0.548
Smoking (%) 45 (28) 5 (29.4) 25 (41.7) 14 (43.8) 6 (20) 0.096
Family history of CAD (%) 6 (3.7) 2 (11.8) 2 (3.3) 2 (6.2) 2 (6.7) 0.569
Chest pain Absent (%) 100 (62.1) 6 (35.3) 17 (28.3) 12 (37.5) 17 (56.7) <0.05
Atypical (%) 29 (18) 10 (58.8) 5 (8.3) 7 (21.9) 10 (33.3)
Typical (%) 32 (19.9) 1 (5.9) 38 (63.3) 13 (40.6) 3 (10)

CAD, coronary artery disease; RHD, rheumatic heart disease; MVP, mitral valve prolapse; BAV, bicuspid aortic valve; BMI, body mass index; SD, standard deviation.