Table 1 Characteristics of the patients and normal controls.

From: CMR-derived ECVs vary with myocardial region and associate with the regional wall thickness

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R.D. group (n = 203)

H.D. group (n = 215)

Ctr. Group (n = 36)

Demographic

Age, years (range)

61 (18–98)

49 (10–78)†

30 (21–58)†

Male sex, (%)

127 (63)

148 (69)

12 (40)†

BSA, m2

1.76 ± 0.18

1.75 ± 0.22

1.68 ± .68

Hct, (%)

42.5 ± 4.7

42.2 ± 4.5

42.9 ± 2.8

Time interval between the date of Hct and CMR, days (IQR)

130 (1–72)

93 (1–39)

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Amyloidosis, (%)

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15 (7)

Ā 

ARVC, (%)

Ā 

47 (22)

Ā 

BrS (%)

Ā 

64 (30)

Ā 

DCM, (%)

Ā 

37 (17)

Ā 

Fabry, (%)

Ā 

24 (11)

Ā 

HTC, (%)

81 (40)

Ā Ā 

HCM, (%)

87 (43)

Ā Ā 

HFpEF, (%)

28 (14)

Ā Ā 

ICM, (%)

21 (10)

Ā Ā 

Myocarditis, (%)

14 (7)

Ā Ā 

LV function by CMR

LVEDVi, ml/m2

54.4 ± 12.9

70.6 ± 32.5†

64.3 ± 12.3†

LVESVi, ml/m2

11.7 ± 8.97

25.9 ± 28.8†

18.7 ± 6.3†

EF, %

79.9 ± 9.9

69.4 ± 15.8†

72.2 ± 5.1†

PER, sāˆ’1

āˆ’Ā 4.6 ± 1.19

āˆ’Ā 3.48 ± 1.19†

āˆ’Ā 3.49 ± 0.79†

PFR, sāˆ’1

4.02 ± 1.59

3.89 ± 1.66

5.52 ± 1.30*†

LVMi, g/m2

152 ± 66

121 ± 59†

88 ± 26*†

  1. Values are mean ± SD unless stated.
  2. R.D. regional disease; H.D. homogeneous disease; Ctr. control; BSA body surface area; Hct hematocrit; IQR interquartile range; ARVC arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; BrS Brugada syndrome; DCM dilated cardiomyopathy; Fabry Fabry disease; HTC hypertensive cardiac disease; HCM hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; HFpEF heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; ICM ischemic cardiomyopathy; LVEDV i left ventricular end-diastolic volume indexed; LVESV i left ventricular end-systolic volume indexed; EF left ventricular ejection fraction; PER peak ejection rate; PFR peak filling rate; LVM i left ventricular mass indexed at end-diastole.
  3. *p < 0.05 for compared with R.D. group.
  4. †p < 0.05 for compared with H.D. group.