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Table 1 Patient clinical characteristics

From: Aorta-specific DNA methylation patterns in cell-free DNA from patients with bicuspid aortic valve-associated aortopathy

Parameter Study population
Age (years) 49.3 ± 14.9
Male (%) 20 (87)
BAV classification
 Type 0 (lateral) 1
 Type 1 (RL) 15
 Type 2 (RN) 7
Maximum aortic diameter (cm) 4.67 ± 0.52
Aortic valve surgical procedure
 Repair 3
 Replacement 20
Ascending aorta surgical procedure
 Ascending aorta replacement 20
 Root replacement 2
 Hemi-arch reconstruction 1
  1. Data reported as n or mean with standard deviation. BAV types were grouped according to the Sievers classification scheme (36). RL, right-left coronary cusp fusion; RN, right-non-coronary cusp fusion