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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the HIV-associated cardiomyopathy cases and HIV-positive controls

From: The mitochondrial DNA T16189C polymorphism and HIV-associated cardiomyopathy: a genotype-phenotype association study

  HIVAC HIV positive controls P value
Median Age (IQR, ± Stdev) 35 (27–41, ± 9.3) 34 (30–38, ± 7.7) 0.93
Gender    
   Male 18 (60%) 20 (52.6%) 0.54*
   female 12 (40%) 17 (45.9%)  
Mean LVEF (± Stdev) 33.4 (± 11.8) 66.7 (± 11.3) 0.0001
Mean LVIDd (± Stdev) 5.9 (± 0.88) 4.4 (± 0.50) 0.0001
Mean CD4 count (± Stdev) 260.7 (± 213.8) 176.1 (± 152.7) 0.21
RNA viral load (median) 680,774.2 (92,000) 231,574.8 (66,000) 0.16
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  1. HIVAC, HIV-associated cardiomyopathy; IQR, inter-quartile range; Stdev, standard deviation; * Mann-Whitney non-parametric test; LVIDd: left ventricular internal dimension in diastole
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BMC Medical Genetics

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