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Table 2 Baseline and follow-up changes in LV remodeling categories

From: Left ventricular remodeling in rheumatoid arthritis patients without clinical heart failure

LV remodeling categories*

Baseline % (n = 153)

Longitudinal subset at baseline (n = 58) % (n)

Longitudinal subset at follow-up (n = 58)

% (n)

Baseline subset (n = 53) vs. follow-up subset (n = 53); p-value**

Normal geometry

78% (119)

60% (35)

40% (23)

0.15

CRM

13% (20)

10.3% (6)

31% (18)

0.0088

CH

1.3% (2)

1.7% (1)

3.4% (2)

Null***

EH

7.8% (12)

17% (10)

15% (9)

0.48

  1. Concentric remodeling (CRM): relative wall thickness (RWT) > 0.42 and LVMI < 90% tile
  2. Concentric hypertrophy (CH): RWT > 0.42 and LVMI > 90% tile
  3. Eccentric hypertrophy (EH): RWT < 0.42 and LVMI > 90% tile
  4. *Normal geometry: RWT < 0.42 and LVMI < 90% tile
  5. **McNemar’s test
  6. ***Unable to calculate p-value due to small numbers
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Arthritis Research & Therapy

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