Expression Profile Analysis of Selenium-Related Genes in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Patients with Keshan Disease

Table 1

Characteristics of KD patient-control sample pairs.

		Chip1 (P-C) ^a	Chip2 (P-C)	Chip3 (P-C)	Chip4 (P-C)
N		4–4	4–4	4–4	4–4
Gender (male/female)		4/0-4/0	0/4–0/4	0/4–0/4	0/4–0/4
Average age (year)		44.75–52.00	41.25–39.74	49.75–48.25	57.75–58.75
N (latent/chronic)		2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2
Heart rate (bpm)		75, 71/54, 62	66, 66/85, 76	82, 75/63, 85	95, 87/62, 64
Cardiothoracic ratio		0.61,0.58/0.46,0.45	0.57,0.58/0.53,0.52	0.63,0.59/0.50,0.50	0.87,0.60/0.47,0.44
NYHA class^b		Ⅲ,Ⅱ /Ⅰ,Ⅰ	Ⅱ,Ⅲ /Ⅰ,Ⅰ	Ⅱ,Ⅲ /Ⅰ,Ⅰ	Ⅲ,Ⅲ /Ⅰ,Ⅰ
Electrocardiograph		RBBB,ST-T/LBBB, RBBB	ST-T,ST-T/ST-T, ST-T	VPB,RBBB/ST-T, ST-T	AF,AF/RBBB, RBBB
LVEF^c		0.62,0.74/0.46,0.47	0.48,0.62/0.49,0.72	0.60,0.62/0.77,0.74	0.68,0.65/0.54,0.77

^aP—C, patient-control. ^bNYHA class, New York Heart Association class. ^cLeft ventricular ejection fraction.