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Table 1 Mean differences in between African American and other races.

From: Prevalence of suspected hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or left ventricular hypertrophy based on race and gender in teenagers using screening echocardiography

 

AA

Others

p

BMI

25.7 ± 4.8

23.4 ± 4.6

0.001

Age

17.0 ±1.6

16.3 ± 1.7

0.004

PWT D

0.96 ± 0.20

086 ± 0.28

0.015

SWTD

0.99 ± 0.21

0.85 ± 0.16

< 0.001

LVDED

4.8 ± 0.55

4.6 ± 0.58

0.026

  1. AA = African Americans, BMI = Body Mass Index, PWTD = Posterior wall Thickness in Diastole, SWTD = Septal Wall Thickness in Diastole, LVEDD = Left Ventricular Dimension in End Diastole
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Cardiovascular Ultrasound

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