Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the human heart tissue samples.

From: Cardiomyocyte contractile impairment in heart failure results from reduced BAG3-mediated sarcomeric protein turnover

Characteristic

Nonfailing (n = 9)

DCM (n = 21)

P-value

Age, (years), Mean ± SD

53.3 ± 8.9

55.5 ± 11.5

0.66

Female, n, (%)

4 (44.4)

8 (38.1)

 

Ethnicity, n, (%)

     White

8 (88.9)

16 (76.2)

 

     Black

1 (11.1)

4 (19.1)

 

     Hispanic

0 (0.0)

1 (4.8)

 

LVEF, (%), Mean ± SD

57.5 ± 3.2

20.3 ± 2.2

<0.001

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