Table 1

 Demographics and exercise parameters in patients stratified by β-1 AR genotype

GG 389 (n = 7)RG 389 (n = 37)RR 389 (n = 39)SS 49 (n = 63)SG/GG49 (n = 20)
*p<0.001 v RR homozygotes and p<0.05 v heterozygotes; †p<0.05 v RR homozygotes; ‡p<0.05 v RR homozygotes.
Age54.1 (3.1)50.5 (9.5)50.6 (7.0)51.0 (8.2)50.3 (7.3)
% Female14.318.920.517.415.0
LVEF16.1 (3)19.2 (1.1)21.2 (1.7)18.8 (1.1)19.7(2)
Peak Vo211.1 (1.0)*13.9 (0.7)†16.5 (1.1)14.8 (0.7)15.1 (1.2)
Peak heart rate129 (11)124 (5)125 (4)125 (3)123 (6)
Exercise time5.3 (0.8)‡6.3 (0.4)7.2 (0.4)6.4 (0.4)6.8 (0.6)