TABLE 2.

Clinical Characteristics of Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patients With the −36A>C Substitution in the PLN Gene^*

	Wild-type allele	Mutant allele
n	359	22
Age (years)	42±3.1	40±6
Etiology (%)
Dilated cardiomyopathy	94.27	100
Functional class (% NYHA III/IV)	67.2	66.66
LVEF (%)	24.5±8	22±9

^*Polymorphism numbering is based on using the GenBank accession number AF177763.1 for human PLN sequence, corresponding to proximal promoter and exon 1 as a reference.

DCM, dilated cardiomyopathy; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; NYHA, New York Heart Association Classification.