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. 2024 Feb 28;21(2):200–210. doi: 10.26599/1671-5411.2024.02.005

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of AF patients.

Variable All (n = 375) T1 (n = 125) T2 (n = 125) T3 (n = 125) F/X² P-value
Data are presented as means ± SD or n (%). AF: atrial fibrillation; CPVI: circumferential pulmonary vein isolation; T1: the low cumulative triglyceride-glucose index group; T2: the medium cumulative triglyceride-glucose index group; T3: the high cumulative triglyceride-glucose index group.
Gender 0.720 0.698
 Male 241 (64.27%) 84 (67.20%) 78 (62.40%) 79 (63.20%)
 Female 134 (35.73%) 41 (32.80%) 47 (37.60%) 46 (36.80%)
Age, yrs 63.23 ± 10.73 63.98 ± 11.29 63.26 ± 10.43 62.44 ± 10.48 0.640 0.528
Height, cm 167.95 ± 7.90 168.06 ± 8.17 168.12 ± 7.58 167.66 ± 8.00 0.121 0.886
Weight, kg 69.89 ± 11.69 67.70 ± 12.18 71.78 ± 11.01 70.20 ± 11.59 3.937 0.020
Body mass index, kg/m2 24.69 ± 3.18 23.86 ± 3.25 25.33 ± 3.01 24.87 ± 3.12 7.239 0.001
Hypertension 202 (53.87%) 60 (48.00%) 70 (56.00%) 72 (57.60%) 2.661 0.264
Hyperlipemia 62 (16.53%) 15 (12.00%) 17 (13.60%) 30 (24.00%) 7.691 0.021
Diabetes mellitus 63 (16.80%) 8 (6.40%) 18 (14.40%) 37 (29.60%) 24.840 < 0.001
Coronary heart disease 113 (30.13%) 33 (26.40%) 42 (33.60%) 38 (30.40%) 1.545 0.462
Duration of AF, yrs 2.530 0.282
 ≥ 5 47 (12.53%) 17 (13.60%) 19 (15.20%) 11 (8.80%)
 < 5 328 (87.47%) 108 (86.40%) 106 (84.80%) 114 (91.20%)
AF type 0.625 0.732
 Paroxysmal AF 227 (60.53%) 79 (63.20%) 73 (58.40%) 75 (60.00%)
 Persistent AF 148 (39.47%) 46 (36.80%) 52 (41.60%) 50 (40.00%)
Education 0.981 0.913
 Below primary school 66 (17.60%) 20 (16.00%) 24 (19.20%) 22 (17.60%)
 Junior high/Senior high 221 (58.93%) 77 (61.60%) 73 (58.40%) 71 (56.80%)
 Bachelor degree or above 88 (23.47%) 28 (22.40%) 28 (22.40%) 32 (25.60%)
Heart rate, beat/min 74.63 ± 14.06 74.18 ± 13.71 75.32 ± 11.95 74.39 ± 16.28 0.230 0.794
Left ventricular ejection fraction, % 63.77 ± 6.68 63.58 ± 7.39 64.09 ± 6.03 63.36 ± 6.59 0.384 0.681
Left atrial diameter, mm 37.21 ± 5.55 36.13 ± 5.52 37.11 ± 5.10 38.38 ± 5.82 5.31 0.005
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg 127.27 ± 17.68 125.50 ± 16.80 127.80 ± 19.73 128.53 ± 16.33 1.002 0.368
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg 77.63 ± 11.12 76.79 ± 10.53 78.21 ± 11.89 77.90 ± 10.94 0.558 0.573
Electrical cardioversion 114 (30.13%) 42 (33.60%) 38 (30.40%) 34 (27.20%) 1.210 0.546
CHA2DS2-VASc score 1.06 ± 0.96 1.06 ± 0.94 1.18 ± 1.09 1.19 ± 1.23 0.576 0.563
HAS-BLED score 0.49 ± 0.58 0.46 ± 0.55 0.54 ± 0.62 0.46 ± 0.56 0.894 0.410
Ablation strategy 9.189 0.163
 Only CPVI 325 (86.67%) 108 (86.40%) 115 (92.00%) 102 (81.60%)
 CPVI + Right atrial isthmus line ablation 3 (0.80%) 1 (0.80%) 0 2 (1.60%)
 CPVI + Left atrial roof wall line ablation 31 (8.27%) 9 (7.20%) 9 (7.20%) 13 (10.40%)
 CPVI + Left atrial posterior wall box ablation 16 (4.26%) 7 (5.60%) 1 (0.80%) 8 (6.40%)
Antiarrhythmic drugs 14.874 0.062
 Amiodarone 232 (61.87%) 85 (68.00%) 72 (57.60%) 75 (60.00%)
 Propafenone 17 (4.53%) 7 (5.60%) 4 (3.20%) 6 (4.80%)
 Beta-blockers 95 (25.33%) 23 (18.40%) 43 (34.40%) 29 (23.20%)
 Amiodarone + Beta-blockers 31 (8.27%) 10 (8.00%) 6 (4.80%) 15 (12.00%)
Recurrence 67 (17.87%) 5 (4.00%) 21 (16.80%) 41 (32.80%) 35.472 < 0.001
Fasting blood glucose, mmol/L 5.42 ± 1.48 4.88 ± 0.67 5.28 ± 1.12 6.08 ± 2.04 23.914 < 0.001
Triglyceride, mmol/L 1.40 ± 0.62 1.08 ± 0.64 1.42 ± 0.45 1.69 ± 0.58 36.887 < 0.001
Serum uric acid, umol/L 313.41 ± 90.05 293.18 ± 78.05 319.40 ± 85.86 327.64 ± 101.70 5.102 0.007
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, mmol/L 2.28 ± 0.87 2.11 ± 0.82 2.39 ± 0.86 2.36 ± 0.90 3.821 0.023
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, mmol/L 1.50 ± 6.97 1.19 ± 0.29 1.12 ± 0.30 2.19 ± 2.07 0.928 0.396
Total cholesterol, mmol/L 3.83 ± 0.98 3.59 ± 0.94 3.94 ± 1.00 3.96 ± 0.98 5.663 0.004
Hemoglobin A1c, % 5.91 ± 0.80 5.65 ± 0.50 5.88 ± 0.88 6.21 ± 0.86 17.295 < 0.001
Brain natriuretic peptide, pg/mL 561.88 ± 992.58 621.02 ± 1395.18 607.16 ± 852.70 457.47 ± 530.43 1.044 0.353
Glomerular filtration rate, mL/min 88.97 ± 15.92 89.85 ± 15.63 87.39 ± 15.81 89.66 ± 16.32 0.921 0.399
Lactic dehydrogenase, IU/L 187.41 ± 44.65 183.12 ± 36.53 193.66 ± 50.83 185.45 ± 45.10 1.930 0.147
Creatine kinase, IU/L 87.04 ± 80.34 80.52 ± 39.13 86.85 ± 50.19 93.75 ± 123.81 0.848 0.429
Cardiac troponin T, pg/mL 15.17 ± 15.40 15.86 ± 15.26 14.17 ± 13.39 15.48 ± 17.35 0.411 0.663
Creatine kinase-MB, IU/L 14.83 ± 10.90 13.82 ± 4.70 15.08 ± 7.40 15.60 ± 16.73 0.885 0.414