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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 16.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2021 Sep 30;144(20):1600–1611. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.053521

Table 3.

Baseline clinical characteristics of FLNC truncating mutations carriers divided according to study outcomes.

D/HT/LVAD Non-arrhythmic death/HT/LVAD SCD/MVA
Outcome
Yes
Outcome
No
p-value Outcome
Yes
Outcome
No
p-value Outcome
Yes
Outcome
No
p-value
Age (years) 45±18 42±14 0.485 43±20 42±14 0.943 45±11 42±16 0.424
Male % 53 53 0.976 46 54 0.594 56 62 0.687
Caucasian % 95 100 0.061 92 100 0.018 100 98 0.540
Proband (%) 79 35 0.001 77 39 0.011 65 37 0.021
Variant mapping % 0.689 0.610 0.458
ABD 5 6 0 7 4 7
ROD1 42 49 46 47 44 48
ROD2 53 41 54 42 43 43
 Z-disk 21 17 0.659 15 18 0.816 17 18 0.970
Dimerization 0 4 0 4 9 2
Family history cardiomyopathy % 63 86 0.023 54 86 0.006 74 84 0.297
Family history SCD % 32 58 0.046 31 56 0.100 52 52 0.963
Phenotype % 0.120 0.367 0.185
DCM 63 46 69 46 48 50
ARVC 0 5 0 4 9 1
ALVC 37 21 31 24 35 21
Biventricular 0 1 0 1 0 2
Minor phenotype 0 14 0 12 9 11
Unaffected 0 14 0 12 0 15
HR (bpm) 74±23 71±20 0.668 74±26 71±20 0.718 70±17 72±22 0.615
AF % 32 14 0.076 32 15 0.186 30 13 0.065
LBBB % 22 5 0.017 25 6 0.026 4 10 0.407
NYHA 3–4 % 42 10 0.002 46 13 0.004 13 20 0.479
NYHA 1 % 37 77 0.001 23 76 <0.001 74 66 0.466
Negative anterior T waves % 32 19 0.220 23 21 0.875 26 20 0.523
PVCs/24h 3987±8473 3054±4899 0.704 652±364 3476±5673 0.331 4642±6958 2773±4979 0.371
Positive Late Potentials % 5 9 0.593 8 8 0.938 4 10 0.427
NSVT % 75 41 0.038 67 45 0.230 82 34 0.001
Echo LVEF (%) 30±12 46±15 <0.001 27±12 45±15 <0.001 40±14 43±16 0.360
Echo LVEF <50 % 100 55 0.001 100 58 0.005 73 61 0.328
Echo LVEF ≦35 % 65 22 0.001 67 25 0.004 36 29 0.513
Echo LVEDD (mm) 67±6 54±9 <0.001 67±5 55±9 <0.001 59±11 56±9 0.279
Echo MWT (mm) 9±2 9±2 0.966 9±2 9±2 0.973 10±1 9±2 0.170
Echo LVH (%) 8 11 0.863 10 11 0.929 16 9 0.358
Echo RVFAC (%) 34±13 39±10 0.231 35±14 38±10 0.504 34±9 39±11 0.114
Echo RVFAC<35 % 62 29 0.063 67 30 0.072 42 32 0.520
Echo RV WMA % 20 6 0.277 33 6 0.086 15 5 0.229
Echo MR % 69 39 0.044 78 39 0.030 50 42 0.556
CMR LGE % ** 50 59 0.729 33 60 0.367 63 57 0.782

D/HT/LVAD=death heart transplant/left ventricular assist device, non-SCD/HT/LVAD=non sudden cardiac death/heart transplant/left ventricular assist device, SCD/MVA=sudden cardiac death/major ventricular arrhythmias, ABD=active binding domain, SCD=sudden cardiac death, DCM=dilated cardiomyopathy, ARVC=arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, ALVC=arrhythmogenic left-dominant cardiomyopathy, CPK=creatine phosphokinase, HR=heart rate, AF=atrial fibrillation, LBBB=left bundle branch block, NYHA=New York heart association, PVC=premature ventricular complex, NSVT=non-sustained ventricular tachycardia, LVEF=left ventricular ejection fraction, LVEDD=left ventricular end-diastolic volume, MWT=maximum wall thickness, LVH=left ventricular hypertrophy, RVFAC=right ventricle fractional area change, WMA=wall motion abnormalities, MR=mitral regurgitation, CMR=cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, LGE=late gadolinium enhancement.Values are reported as mean±standard deviation, median and interquartile range or percentage as appropriate.

**

among the 43 pts with available CMR.