Table 4 Comparing causes of SCD according to age group
From: Risk factors of sudden cardiac death in Egyptian patients younger than 40 years
Diagnosis | Age group | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Younger age group (n = 72) | Older age group (n = 147) | ||||
N | % | N | % | ||
HCM | 6 | 8.3 | 44 | 25.3 | 0.0026* |
DCM | 5 | 6.9 | 42 | 24.1 | 0.0018* |
Congenital long QT Syndrome | 4 | 5.5 | 24 | 13.8 | 0.0626 |
Congenital CHB | 5 | 6.9 | 16 | 9.2 | 0.5575 |
Brugada syndrome | 5 | 6.9 | 11 | 6.3 | 0.8622 |
CPVT | 4 | 5.5 | 10 | 5.7 | 0.9508 |
Not diagnosed | 6 | 8.3 | 9 | 5.2 | 0.3566 |
WPW syndrome | 4 | 5.5 | 11 | 6.3 | 0.8114 |
ARVD | 4 | 5.5 | 10 | 5.7 | 0.9508 |
Idiopathic VT | 3 | 4.2 | 6 | 3.4 | 0.7608 |
Primary VF | 1 | 1.4 | 4 | 2.3 | 0.6500 |
Mitral annular disjunction | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3726 |
Concealed Anteroseptal AP | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.2667 |
PVCs from LVOT (Bigeminy) | 1 | 1.4 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.8437 |
IHD | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3726 |
LV non compaction | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3726 |