Table 3.
Family Member Type (at least one) | Lone Atrial Fibrillation (n=13) | All other subjects without lone AF*(n=18) | p value | Non-Lone Atrial Fibrillation (n=8) | p value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parent | 11 (85%) | 12 (67%) | 0.26 | 5 (62%) | 0.25 |
Father | 7 (53%) | 6 (33%) | 0.25 | 1 (13%) | 0.058 |
Sibling† | 4 (31%) | 6 (35%) | 0.79 | 3 (38%) | 0.59 |
Children† | 2 (15%) | 1 (6%) | 0.36 | 0 | 0.24 |
Aunt or Uncle | 1 (8%) | 4 (22%) | 0.28 | 1 (13%) | 0.72 |
Grandparent | 0 | 1 (6%) | 0.39 | 0 | |
Male family members | 10 (77%) | 11 (61%) | 0.35 | 4 (50%) | 0.20 |
Female family members | 6 (46%) | 12 (67%) | 0.25 | 6 (75%) | 0.20 |
This group consists of 8 non-lone atrial fibrillation subjects, 5 atrial flutter subjects, 3 supraventricular tachycardia subjects, and 2 normal controls.
All of these relatives were male