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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the study subjects

From: Quantifying longitudinal right ventricular dysfunction in patients with old myocardial infarction by using speckle-tracking strain echocardiography

 

The control group (n = 45)

The OMI group (n = 71)

Demographics

  

Mean age (years)

66 ± 11

67 ± 11

Male gender (%)

78

85

Height (cm)

162 ± 10

162 ± 9

Body mass index (kg/m2)

23 ± 3

23 ± 3

SBP (mmHg)

123 ± 13

118 ± 23

Heart rate (beats/min)

65 ± 8

68 ± 12

Medical history

  

Hypertension (%)

0

63*

Diabetes (%)

0

45*

Dyslipidemia (%)

0

63*

Current smoking (%)

2

23*

Obesity (%)

0

1

Medication use

  

Beta blocker (%)

0

56*

Calcium channel blocker (%)

0

17*

ACEI/ARB (%)

0

89*

Aldosterone blocker (%)

0

31*

Diuretic (%)

0

41*

Measurements

  

Hemoglobin (g/dl)

12.9 ± 1.9

12.3 ± 2.0

eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2)

69 ± 19

53 ± 20*

BNP (pg/ml)

-

343 ± 519

  1. OMI old myocardial infarction, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, ACEI angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, ARB angiotensin receptor blocker, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, BNP brain natriuretic peptide. *P <.05 vs. the Control group.
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