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Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with RHD and the controls
| RHD patients (n = 90) |
Controls (n = 90) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 51.0 ± 5.4 | 50.9 ± 4.9 | 0.921 |
| Sex | 0.55 | ||
| Male | 46 (51.1%) | 41 (45.6%) | |
| Female | 44 (48.9%) | 49 (54.4%) | |
| Clinical characteristics | |||
| Carditis | 90 (100%) | 0 | |
| Arthritis | 0 | 0 | |
| Subcutaneous nodules | 0 | 0 | |
| Chorea | 0 | 0 | |
| Erythema marginatum | 0 | 0 | |
Age is represented as mean ± SD
RHD rheumatic heart disease, SD standard deviation
