Research Article
The Clinical Features and Emotional Stressors in Korean Patients with Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy
Table 1
The comparison of clinical characteristics between the subgroups.
| | Total (n = 103) | E group (n = 15) | Other group (n = 88) | P |
| Age (years)† | 59.0 (52.0–72.0) | 58.0 (54.0–78.0) | 59.0 (52.0–72.0) | 0.578 | Male gender, n (%) | 33 (32) | 2 (13) | 31 (35) | 0.093 | Body surface area (m2) | 1.6 ± 0.2 | 1.5 ± 0.1 | 1.6 ± 0.2 | 0.093 | Hypertension, n (%) | 32 (31) | 2 (13) | 30 (34) | 0.108 | Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 22 (21) | 2 (13) | 20 (23) | 0.412 | Current smoker, n (%) | 8 (8) | 2 (13) | 6 (7) | 0.384 | Underlying diseases | | | | | Stroke/transient ischemic attack, n (%) | 6 (6) | 0 (0) | 6 (7) | 0.297 | Liver cirrhosis, n (%) | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | 0.555 | Chronic renal failure, n (%) | 7 (7) | 0 (0) | 7 (8) | 0.258 | Malignancy, n (%) | 18 (17) | 0 (0) | 18 (20) | 0.054 | Clinical presentation | | | | | Chest pain, n (%) | 50 (49) | 13 (87) | 37 (42) | 0.001* | Dyspnea, n (%) | 54 (52) | 9 (60) | 45 (51) | 0.525 | Palpitation, n (%) | 9 (9) | 4 (27) | 5 (6) | 0.008* | Loss of consciousness, n (%) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0.678 | Nausea/vomiting, n (%) | 10 (10) | 0 (0) | 10 (11) | 0.169 | Cardiogenic shock, n (%) | 32 (31) | 1 (7) | 31 (35) | 0.027* | Pulmonary edema, n (%) | 42 (41) | 6 (40) | 36 (41) | 0.947 |
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†Presented as median (interquartile range). *Significant finding.
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