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Table 3 General characteristics II

From: Optimising the mutation screening strategy in Marfan syndrome and identifying genotypes with more severe aortic involvement

 

MFS (n = 78)

LDS (n = 6)

p value

Male (%)

41

50

0.667

Age

37.5 (34.4–40.6)

26.7 (19.8–33.5)

0.057

Anthropometric (measured)

 Height (cm)

183.5 (180.9–186.0)

182.2 (170.2–194.2)

0.777

 Lower segment (cm)

96.7 (94.8–98.5)

91.6 (82.2–101.0)

0.153

 Arm span (cm)

189.0 (186.1–191.8)

181.5 (168.2–194.8)

0.138

 Foot size

42.9 (42.2–43.6)

42.6 (37.9–47.3)

0.854

 Weight (kg)

72.7 (68.9–76.6)

63.3 (48.8–77.9)

0.164

Anthropometric (calculated)

 Body Mass Index (BMI; kg/m2)

21.49 (20.59–22.39)

18.94 (15.97–21.93)

0.106

 Body surface area (mt)

1.92 (1.86–1.98)

1.78 (1.53–2.03)

0.209

 Upper segment–lower segment ratio (USLS)

0.90 (0.88–0.92)

1.01 (0.84–1.18)

0.02

 Arm span-height ratio (ASHR)

1.030 (1.021–1.039)

0.997 (0.980–1.012)

0.025

 Systemic score

8 (7–9)

6.5 (6–7)

0.013

  1. General characteristics of MFS and LDS patients are shown
  2. The italics emphasises that the result is significant