Table 1. Patient characteristics.
| CS-group (N = 26) |
M-group (N = 15) |
CM-group (N = 39) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Type of sample | |||
| Surgical, n (%) | 4 (15) | 5 (33) | 10 (26) |
| Autopsy, n (%) | 14 (54) | 3 (20) | 10 (26) |
| EMB, n (%) | 8 (31) | 7 (47) | 19 (49) |
| Age (years), range | 27–92 | 15–79 | 18–85 |
| Age (years), mean ± SD | 61.5±8.3 | 40.3±19.5*‡ | 58.6±13.8 |
| Female, n (%) | 20 (77)†‡ | 2 (13) | 10 (26) |
| Underlying heart disease | |||
| Cardiac sarcoidosis, n (%) | 26 (100) | - | - |
| Myocarditis | - | 15 (100) | - |
| DCM, n (%) | - | - | 25 (64) |
| HCM, n (%) | - | - | 8 (21) |
| Others, n (%) | - | - | 7 (18) |
Continuous variables are expressed as mean ± SD and categorical variables are expressed as number (%) of patients.
*P<0.001 vs. CS-group;
† P<0.001 vs. M-group;
‡P<0.001 vs. CM-group;
EMB, endomyocardial biopsy; DCM, dilated heart disease; HCM, hypertrophic heart disease.