Table 1 Characteristics of young male and female adult participants with mitral valve prolapse and those without.

From: Prevalence and characteristics of mitral valve prolapse in military young adults in Taiwan of the CHIEF Heart Study

 

Total (n = 2442)

Males (n = 254)

Females (n = 288)

MVP (−)

(n = 2360)

MVP (+)

(n = 82)

p-value

MVP (−)

(n = 2077)

MVP (+)

(n = 77)

p-value

MVP (−)

(n = 283)

MVP (+)

(n = 5)

p-value

Age

27.36 ± 5.62

26.51 ± 5.82

0.18

27.51 ± 5.70

26.48 ± 5.89

0.12

26.29 ± 4.88

27.00 ± 5.15

0.74

Height (cm)

170.78 ± 6.75

171.58 ± 5.97

0.28

172.12 ± 5.79

172.34 ± 5.19

0.74

160.93 ± 4.90

159.98 ± 5.50

0.66

Weight (kg)

72.12 ± 12.79

70.17 ± 11.68

0.17

73.83 ± 12.24

71.11 ± 11.38

0.05

59.52 ± 9.27

55.66 ± 4.75

0.35

Body mass index (kg/m2)

24.65 ± 3.69

23.78 ± 3.43

0.03

24.89 ± 3.70

23.91 ± 3.45

0.02

22.94 ± 3.16

21.81 ± 2.53

0.42

Body surface area (m2)

1.84 ± 0.19

1.82 ± 0.17

0.33

1.87 ± 0.17

1.84 ± 0.16

0.09

1.62 ± 0.14

1.57 ± 0.07

0.37

Waist circumference (cm)

82.57 ± 9.99

81.08 ± 10.03

0.18

83.59 ± 9.80

81.51 ± 10.05

0.06

75.10 ± 8.04

74.40 ± 7.47

0.84

Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)

118.07 ± 13.72

116.50 ± 15.64

0.31

119.65 ± 13.30

117.32 ± 15.43

0.13

106.41 ± 10.90

103.80 ± 14.62

0.59

Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)

70.04 ± 10.40

70.03 ± 12.02

0.97

70.78 ± 10.43

71.01 ± 11.35

0.85

64.52 ± 8.31

54.40 ± 12.44

< 0.01

Heart rate (beats/minute)

66.72 ± 10.83

65.44 ± 10.87

0.29

66.53 ± 10.89

65.44 ± 11.09

0.39

68.17 ± 10.26

65.40 ± 7.40

0.54

Somatic symptoms

116 [4.9]

9 [11.0]

0.02

96 [4.6]

7 [9.1]

0.07

20 [7.0]

2 [40.0]

0.06

Pectus excavatum

13 [0.6]

7 [8.5]

< 0.01

12 [0.6]

6 [7.8]

< 0.01

1 [0.4]

1 [20.0]

< 0.01

Current alcohol intake

1048 [44.4]

43 [52.4]

0.15

995 [47.9]

43 [55.8]

0.17

53 [18.7]

0 [0.0]

0.28

Current cigarette smoking

967 [41.0]

30 [36.6]

0.42

912 [43.9]

30 [39.0]

0.39

55 [19.4]

0 [0.0]

0.27

Serum creatinine (mg/dL)

0.92 ± 0.14

0.94 ± 0.13

0.36

0.96 ± 0.12

0.96 ± 0.12

0.98

0.68 ± 0.09

0.66 ± 0.06

0.51

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

171.00 ± 33.36

167.43 ± 29.08

0.33

171.62 ± 33.87

167.56 ± 29.76

0.29

166.40 ± 29.02

165.40 ± 17.01

0.93

HDL-C (mg/dL)

49.78 ± 10.69

50.50 ± 10.60

0.54

48.57 ± 9.97

50.12 ± 10.80

0.18

58.67 ± 11.61

56.40 ± 3.78

0.66

LDL-C (mg/dL)

103.85 ± 28.93

99.71 ± 25.83

0.20

105.49 ± 29.23

100.13 ± 26.34

0.11

91.80 ± 23.33

93.20 ± 16.56

0.89

Serum triglyceride (mg/dL)

104.01 ± 84.10

91.16 ± 56.49

0.17

108.95 ± 87.48

91.86 ± 57.46

0.08

67.69 ± 36.24

80.40 ± 41.72

0.43

Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL)

93.63 ± 11.89

90.30 ± 9.76

0.01

94.01 ± 12.34

90.25 ± 9.77

< 0.01

90.85 ± 7.22

91.20 ± 10.52

0.91

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

14.97 ± 1.25

15.12 ± 1.24

0.28

15.25 ± 0.96

15.28 ± 0.80

0.82

12.87 ± 1.10

12.62 ± 1.11

0.61

  1. Continuous variables are expressed as mean ± SD (standard deviation), and categorical variables as N [%].
  2. HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, MVP mitral valve prolapse.