Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of patients with and without constrictive pericarditis.

	Constriction (N=9)	No Constriction (N=10)	P value
Clinical: Sex, % male	6 (67)	4 (40)	0.37
Age, years (mean ± SD)	50 ± 13	53 ± 19	0.54
Body mass index, kg/m2 (mean ± SD)	31.8 ± 6.5	30.3 ± 9.9	0.65
Laboratory Data, mean ± SD
Apartate aminotransferase, U/L,	28 ± 6	24 ± 10	0.17
Alanine aminotransferase, U/L,	34 ± 8	32 ± 21	0.35
Total bilirubin, mg/dl,	0.7 ± 0.4	0.5 ± 0.1	0.21
Direct bilirubin, mg/dl,	0.3 ± 0.3	0.1 ± 0.0	0.08
Alkaline phosphatase, U/L,	97 ± 37	83 ± 37	0.37
Creatinine, mg/dl	0.9 ± 0.1	0.9 ± 0.1	0.97
CRP, mg/L, (median (25;75 IQ)	4.7 (1.0;14.7)*	3.8 (1.5;74.5)^	0.44
ESR, mm/1h (median (25;75 IQ)	13 (3;15)	9 (5;24.5)^^	0.42
Pericardiectomy (%)	2 (22)	1 (10)	0.58

Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation unless otherwise stated; CRP, C-reactive protein; ESR, Erythrocyte sedimentation rate;

^*N=7;

^{^}N=7;

^{^^}N=9;