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Table 4 The amount of collagen in the cardiac layers, per section

From: Inflammatory cell infiltrates in the heart of patients with coronary artery disease with and without inflammatory rheumatic disease: a biopsy study

 

IRD (n = 48)

Non-IRD (n = 40)

p Value

Epicardium

 Little

15 (60)

12 (50)

0.40

 Moderate

10 (40)

10 (42)

 

 Pronounced

0 (0)

2 (8)

 

Myocardium

 Little

25 (58)

32 (80)

0.04

 Moderate

17 (40)

8 (20)

 

 Pronounced

1 (2)

0 (0)

 

Endocardium

 Little

21 (60)

19 (63)

0.60

 Moderate

12 (34)

11 (37)

 

 Pronounced

2 (6)

0 (0)

 
  1. IRD Inflammatory rheumatic disease
  2. Values are the number (percentage) of patients. Owing to missing data for some variables, numbers may not add up to the expected total
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Arthritis Research & Therapy

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