Clinical Study

RyR2 QQ2958 Genotype and Risk of Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias

Table 6

Clinical characteristics and events stratified according to RyR2 allele status.

RyR2 QQ
RyR2 QR + RR
value

Demographic
 Male sex, (%)13 (72.2%)170 (78.3%)0.5581
 Age (years)74 ± 772 ± 60.1811
 BMI (kg/m2)28 ± 628 ± 31.0000
 Current smoking, (%)7 (38.9%)98 (45.2%)0.6330
HF etiology0.6598
 IDCM, (%)5 (27.8%)76 (35.0%)
 Dilated IHD, (%)8 (44.5%)100 (46.1%)
 Nondilated IHD, (%)3 (16.6%)28 (12.9%)
 Other HD, (%)2 (11.1%)13 (6.0%)
NYHA class, (%)0.8741
 I3 (16.7%)30 (13.8%)
 II9 (50.0%)98 (45.2%)
 III6 (33.3%)86 (39.6%)
 IV03 (1.4%)
VT/VF, (%)14 (77.8%)87 (40.1%)0.0025
Comorbidities
 Hypertension, (%)12 (66.7%)95 (43.8%)0.0837
 Diabetes, (%)8 (44.4%)82 (37.8%)0.6187
 Dyslipidemia, (%)11 (61.1%)85 (39.2%)0.0827
Echo
 LVEDD, (mm)58 ± 1061 ± 80.1354
 LVESD, (mm)47 ± 848 ± 60.5093
 LVEF (%)35 ± 1032 ± 110.2643

BMI: body mass index; HD: heart disease; HF: heart failure; IDCM: idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy; IHD: ischemic heart disease; LVEDD: left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; LVESD: left ventricular end-systolic diameter.