Table 1 Echocardiographic diagnosis by age group, Bamenda Regional Hospital, July 2015 to April 2018
Diagnosis | Age groups (in years) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[< 30] N (%) | [30–39] N (%) | [40–49] N (%) | [50–59] N (%) | [60–69] N (%) | [70–79] N (%) | [≥ 80] N (%) | Total (%) N = 673 | |
Hypertensive HD | 3 (5.7) | 7 (12.3) | 22 (29.7) | 28 (28.0) | 44 (33.6) | 61 (37.2) | 27 (29.3) | 192 (28.5) |
Cor Pulmonale | 1 (1.9) | 5 (8.8) | 6 (8.1) | 2 (2.0) | 8 (6.1) | 10 (6.1) | 4 (4.3) | 36 (5.3) |
Cardiomyopathy | 3 (5.7) | 4 (7.0) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (8.0) | 12 (9.2) | 12 (7.3) | 7 (7.6) | 46 (6.8) |
Valvular HD | 10 (18.9) | 6 (10.4) | 10 (13.5) | 10 (10.0) | 12 (9.2) | 16 (9.8) | 15 (16.3) | 79 (11.7) |
Congenital HD | 1 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) |
Ischaemic HD | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (4.0) | 5 (3.8) | 6 (3.7) | 5 (5.5) | 20 (3.0) |
Pericardial Dz | 8 (15.1) | 7 (12.3) | 4 (5.4) | 3 (3.0) | 1 (0.8) | 3 (1.8) | 2 (2.2) | 28 (4.2) |
Mixed HD | 5 (9.4) | 7 (12.3) | 6 (8.1) | 14 (14.0) | 19 (14.5) | 21 (12.8) | 21 (22.8) | 93 (13.9) |
Others | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.8) | 1 (1.4) | 3 (3.0) | 2 (1.5) | 1 (0.6) | 1 (1.1) | 11 (1.6) |
Normal exam | 22 (41.5) | 20 (35.1) | 25 (33.8) | 28 (28.0) | 28 (21.3) | 34 (20.7) | 10 (10.9) | 167 (24.8) |
Total | 53 (100) | 57 (100) | 74 (100) | 100 (100) | 131 (100) | 164 (100) | 92 (100) | 673 (100) |