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Table 1 The general characteristics of cats in the control and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy groups

From: Assessment of left atrial function in feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by using two- dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography

Variable

Control

(N = 20)

HCM

(N = 17)

p-value

Age (year)

5.05 ± 3.03

5 ± 3.43

0.963

Body weight (Kg)

4.47 ± 0.92

4.25 ± 1.04

0.497

Sex

  Male

  Female

14

6

10

7

0.512

Heart rate (bpm)

206 ± 20

209 ± 31

0.798

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

128 ± 20

116 ± 20

0.073

Breed

  Domestic Shorthair

  American shorthair

  Sphinx

  Scottish fold

  Siamese

  Exotic shorthair

  Persian

  Khao Manee

10

5

1

2

1

1

-

-

10

-

-

-

-

1

5

1

0.843

  1. Age, body weight, heart rate and systolic blood pressure are expressed as mean ± standard deviation
  2. Sex and breeds are expressed as the number of cats
  3. Numerical data were compared by using the independent student t-test
  4. Categorical data were compared by using Fisher’s Exact test
  5. HCM Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
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BMC Veterinary Research

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