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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Cardiol. 2017 Apr 1;2(4):419–428. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2016.5670

Table 1. Clinical Characteristics and Genetic Background of Participants by Study Group.

G+/LVH+(n=81) G+/LVH-(n=55) Control (n=42) 3- Group P-Value G+/LVH+ vs G+/LVH-P-value G+/LVH+ vs Control P-value G+/LVH- vs Control P-value
Age at baseline, yrs 26.9 (14) 20.4 (10) 17.5 (8) < 0.001 0.003 <0.0001 0.12
Female, n (%) 28 (35%) 30 (55%) 24 (57%) 0.019 0.02 0.02 0.80
Race, n (%) 0.122 0.11 0.42 0.08
 White 75 (93%) 55 (100%) 39 (93%)
 Black or African American 5 (6%) 0 (0%) 1 (2%)
 Asian 1 (1%) 0 (0%) 1 (2%)
 More than one race 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (2%)
Body Surface Area (kg/m2) 1.83 (0.41) 1.69 (0.32) 1.61 (0.40) 0.006 0.02 0.005 0.33
Height, cm 168.5 (17.8) 162.2 (14.4) 159.6 (18.0) 0.012 0.03 0.01 0.42
Weight, kg 72.3 (24.1) 63.2 (18.3) 59.5 (22.5) 0.005 0.01 0.005 0.38
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg 115 (15) 113 (12) 113 (13) 0.724 0.50 0.54 0.99
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg 68 (9) 68 (9) 66 (10) 0.510 0.80 0.34 0.28
NYHA Class, n(%)
 Class I 67 (83%) 55 (100%) 42 (100%)
 Class II 10 (12%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 Class III 2 (2%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 Class IV 2 (2%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Medication Use, n (%)
 Amiodarone 3 (4%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 β-blockers 28 (35%) 1 (2%) 0 (0%)
 Calcium channel blockers 9 (11%) 1 (2%) 0 (0%)
 Disopyramide 1 (1%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 Coumadin/warfarin 3 (4%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 No medications 32 (40%) 34 (62%) 32 (76%)

Genetic Background, n (%)
MYH7 26 (32%)a 22 (40%)
MYBPC3 44 (54%)b 29 (53%)e
TNNT2 7 (9%)c 1 (2%)
TNNI3 1 (1%) 0
 MYL2 1 (1%) 0
MYL3 2 (3%)d 2 (3%)
ACTC 0 1 (2%)

Values are reported as mean (SD) or n (%)

P values <0.017 are considered statistically significant, applying post hoc Bonferroni correction.

a

One patient also had a secondary MYH7 mutation

b

One patient also had a TNNI3 mutation and one had a secondary MYBPC3 mutation

c

One patient also had a secondary MYBPC3 mutation

d

Both patients also had a secondary MYBPC3 mutation

e

One patient also had a secondary MYBPC3 mutation