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Table 1 Study population characteristics.

From: Quantitative analysis of left atrial function in asymptomatic patients with b-thalassemia major using real-time three-dimensional echocardiography

Variable

Patients

Controls

P

Age (years old)

32.2 ± 4.3

31 ± 5.1

0.4

Sex (male/female)

17/11

11/9

0.7

BMI (kgr/m 2 )

21.3 ± 3.8

22.1 ± 5.3

0.2

BSA (m 2 )

1.2 ± 0.3

1.3 ± 0.1

0.1

Systolic BP (mmHg)

112.3 ± 12.9

114.2 ± 12.8

0.6

Diastolic BP (mmHg)

72.3 ± 7.9

75.8 ± 6.1

0.1

Heart Rate (bpm)

77.2 ± 10.3

72.1 ± 8.2

0.07

Medications

   

Iron chelating therapy(n of pts)

28

-

 

Biochemical Data

   

Mean Serum feritin levels (μg/l)

111 ± 84

-

 

Signa-MRI T2*heart (ms)

36.9 ± 5.6

-

 
  1. Values are expressed as mean and standard deviation. In all case differences were not statistically significant (p = NS).