Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics by Race in Patients Diagnosed with Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

	African American	Non‐African American
	(n = 52)	(n = 47)	P Value
Mean age ± SD	67.3 ± 14.3	63.9 ± 16.3	0.4
Male	8 (15%)	9 (19%)	0.6
Hypertension	39 (75%)	31 (66%)	0.5
Diabetes mellitus type 2	15 (29%)	7 (15%)	0.1
Hyperlipidemia	24 (46%)	17 (36%)	0.3
Smoking history	21 (40%)	19 (40%)	0.9
Heart failure during index event	18 (34.6%)	12 (25.5%)	0.7
LV thrombus	2 (3.8%)	1 (2.1%)	0.6
In‐hospital death	5 (9.6%)	6 (12.7%)	0.6
LVEF upon admission	31%	35%	0.1
LVEF follow‐up	52%	57%	0.7

SD = standard deviation; LV = left ventricle; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction.