Table 1 Comparison of clinical manifestations in gene-elusive sporadic patients and those with P/LP germline variants

From: Somatic NAP1L1 p.D349E promotes cardiac hypertrophy through cGAS-STING-IFN signaling

 

Gene-elusive sporadic patients

Those with P/LP germline variants

p-value

Number of Patients, n

20

29

 

Male, n

12

16

0.97

Age at diagnosis (years)

45 ± 12.8

35.8 ± 15.4

0.03

Duration of disease (years)

7.4 ± 4.7

6.9 ± 3.8

0.34

BMI (kg/m2)

19.7 ± 3.5

20.9 ± 2.7

0.67

Heart Rate, n

77.4 ± 9.4

80.4 ± 4.7

0.59

Co-morbidities

 Diabetes, n

4

8

0.79

 Hypercholesterolemia, n

12

15

0.78

 Atrial Fibrillation, n

0

3

0.38

NSVT, n

2

6

0.44

Chest Pain, n

6

11

0.79

Syncope, n

1

8

0.06

NYHA class III or IV, n

9

20

0.17

Medications

 Beta blockers, n

13

19

0.34

 Calcium channel blockers, n

10

16

0.89

Thickness of IVS (mm)

18.8 ± 5.3

21.1 ± 6.1

0.17

Maximal LV wall thickness (mm)a

23.4 ± 6.0

25.7 ± 6.0

0.19

LVEF (%)

73.5 ± 6.8

71.1 ± 8.1

0.29

LVEDD (mm)

44.1 ± 6.0

39.9 ± 6.4

0.02

  1. IVS interventricular septum, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, LV left ventricular, LVEDD left ventricular end-diastolic dimension, NSVT nonsustained ventricular tachycardia, NYHA New York Heart Association.
  2. aCombined with cardiac MRI.