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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 30.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2009 Dec 15;104(12):1699–1703. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.07.054

Table 2.

Characteristics of patients with body mass index ≥27 or <27 kg/m2

BMI
≥27 kg/m2
(n = 170)
BMI
<27 kg/m2
(n = 263)
p
Value
Age (years) 56 ± 10 57 ± 11 0.381
Men 119 (70.0%) 199 (75.7%) 0.192
AF duration (years) 6.2 ± 6.2 6.5 ± 6.0 0.563
Nonparoxysmal AF 63 (37.1%) 55 (20.9%) <0.001
Type 2 diabetes mellitus 20 (11.8%) 26 (9.9%) 0.536
Hypertension 101 (59.4%) 103 (39.2%) <0.001
Heart failure 11 (6.5%) 12 (4.6%) 0.387
Previous embolic events 9 (5.3%) 18 (6.8%) 0.515
CHADS2 <0.001
 0 54 (31.8%) 135 (51.3%)
 1 85 (50.0%) 83 (31.6%)
 ≥2 31 (18.2%) 45 (17.1%)
Coronary artery disease 17 (10.0%) 18 (6.8%) 0.239
LA size (mm) 40.9 ± 5.9 36.9 ± 6.1 <0.001
LA size/body surface area (mm/m2) 21.6 ± 3.3 21.4 ± 3.6 0.536
Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (mm) 49.5 ± 6.3 47.9 ± 5.2 0.040
Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter/body surface area (mm/m2) 26.2 ± 3.5 27.8 ± 3.2 <0.001
Left ventricular end-systolic diameter (mm) 32.6 ±6.1 31.0 ± 5.3 0.040
Left ventricular end-systolic diameter/body surface area (mm/m2) 17.3 ± 3.3 18.0 ± 3.0 0.027
Ejection fraction (%) 63.2 ± 8.8 63.7 ± 8.4 0.547
BMI (kg/m2) 29.4 ± 2.0 24.0 ± 2.0 <0.001
Creatinine (μmol/L) 77.4 ± 18.9 75.2 ± 19.7 0.247
Fibrinogen (g/L) 2.74 ± 0.67 2.58 ± 0.51 0.008
Warfarin 5 (2.9%) 7 (2.7%) 0.863
Aspirin 30 (17.6%) 35 (13.3%) 0.217
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers 61 (35.9%) 62 (23.6%) 0.006
Statins 9 (5.3%) 19 (7.2%) 0.549
Thrombus 18 (10.6%) 8 (3.0%) 0.001