Electrocardiographic Study in Adult Homozygous Sickle Cell Disease Patients in Lagos, Nigeria

Table 1

The demographic data.

Parameter	Sickle cell disease	Controls	value
Number	93	90
Male : female	42 : 51	45 : 45
Mean age (years)	24.55 ± 9.01	24 ± 7.01	0.69
Mean BMI	19.21 ± 2.78	22 ± 3.1	0.0001
Mean age for males (years)	24.12 ± 9.37	25.43 ± 4.78	0.42
Mean age for females (years)	24.92 ± 8.77	22.56 ± 3.98	0.065
Rate	77.28 ± 14.6	77.19 ± 15.3	0.84