Table 1 Characteristics of responders and non-responders

From: Follow-up care by a genetic counsellor for relatives at risk for cardiomyopathies is cost-saving and well-appreciated: a randomised comparison

Characteristics

Genetic counsellor

Cardiologist

 

Total

Responders

N=87

N=102

P-value

N=189

Men

41 (47%)

45 (44%)

0.62

86 (46%)

Mean age in years (IQR)

37.1 (24.4–49.3)

40.4 (31.1–50.8)

0.07

 

Carriership

  

0.73

 

 Carrier

41 (47%)

54 (53%)

 

95 (50%)

 Uncertain carrier

7 (8%)

8 (7%)

 

15 (8%)

 No variant found in family

37 (43%)

39 (38%)

 

76 (40%)

Disease/gene

  

0.49

 

 PLN

14 (16%)

19 (19%)

 

33 (17%)

 DCM

30 (34%)

40 (39%)

 

70 (37%)

 Desminopathy

0

3 (3%)

 

3 (2%)

 HCM

43 (49%)

40 (39%)

 

83 (44%)

Non-responders

N=24

N=42

 

N=66

Men

10 (42%)

16 (38%)

0.76

26 (39%)

Carriership

  

0.55

 

 Carrier

2 (8%)

3 (7%)

 

5 (8%)

 Uncertain carrier

0

0

 

0 (0%)

 No variant found in family

22 (92%)

37 (88%)

 

59 (89%)

Disease/gene

  

0.37

 

 PLN

0

1 (2%)

 

1 (2%)

 DCM

21 (88%)

29 (69%)

 

50 (76%)

 Desminopathy

0

0

 

0 (0%)

 HCM

3 (12%)

12 (29%)

 

15 (23%)

  1. Abbreviations: DCM, dilated cardiomyopathy; HCM, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; PLN, phospholamban.