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Table 2 Comparison of myocardial immunohistochemmical studies in IGF-1 expression between the different groups

From: Insulin-like growth factor 1 myocardial expression decreases in chronic alcohol consumption

Number of samples used for immunohistochemical study: n=56

IGF-1 myocardial expression

p-value compared with control donors

Control donors (n=10)

0.0439 (0.0127)

 

Hypertensive donors (n=16)

0.0250 (0.0043)

0.068

Hypertensive donors without CMP (n=8)

0.0264 (0.0074)

0.101

Hypertensive donors with CMP (n=8)

0.0237 (0.0052)

0.173

Chronic alcohol consumption donors (n=23)

0.0206 (0.0042)

0.002

Chronic alcohol consumption donors without CMP (n=11)

0.0132 (0.0012)

0.000

Chronic alcohol consumption donors with CMP (n=12)

0.0264 (0.0074)

0.069

Donors with other causes of cardiac disease (n=7)

0.0191 (0.0014)

0.161

  1. Data are expressed as IGF-1 index expression (SD).
  2. IGF-1 Insulin-like Growth Factor.
  3. CMP Cardiomyopathy.