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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 4.
Published in final edited form as: Heart Rhythm. 2012 Nov 23;10(3):394–400. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.11.012

Table 1.

Patient characteristics

All Patients (N=311) Typical AF (N=278) Lone AF (N=33)
Age 60(52,66) 61(55,67) 49(44,52)
Male 72%(224) 71%(198) 79%(26)
Body Mass Index (kg/m2) 30(27,35) 30(27,35) 27(26,34)
Paroxysmal AF 47%(147) 44%(123) 73%(24)
Time since AF diagnosis (months) 57(26,105) 59(28,106) 37(18,87)
Number of Prior Direct Current Cardioversions 2(2,9) 3(2,9) 2(2,3)
Number of Failed Antiarrhythmic Drugs
 0 6%(19) 5%(14) 15%(5)
 1 44%(138) 45%(125) 39%(13)
 2 30%(93) 29%(82) 32%(11)
 3 14%(44) 15%(43) 3%(1)
 4 5%(14) 4%(11) 9%(3)
 5 1%(2) 1%(2) 0%(0)
 6 0%(1) 0%(1) 0%(0)
Previously Failed Amiodarone 35%(110) 37%(104) 18%(6)
Coronary Artery Disease 17%(54) 19%(54) 0%(0)
Congestive Heart Failure 10%(30) 11%(30) 0%(0)
Left Atrial Size (mm) 38(33,44) 39(34,45) 35(29,39)
Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction from MRI (%) 65(56,71) 65(56,71) 64(59,68)
Genotypes
rs2200733 (4q25)
 CC 59%(184) 62%(171) 39%(13)
 CT 34%(105) 32%(89) 48%(16)
 TT 7%(21) 6%(17) 12%(4)
 Failed Genotyping 0%(1) N/A N/A
 Minor Allele Frequency 25% 22% 36%
rs10033464 (4q25)
 GG 76%(237) 76%(212) 76%(25)
 GT 22%(69) 22%(62) 21%(7)
 TT 2%(5) 1%(4) 3%(1)
 Failed Genotyping 0%(0) N/A N/A
 Minor Allele Frequency 13% 14% 14%

Continuous variables are median and interquartile range. Categorical variable are percentage and frequency. For rs2200733 cytosine (C) is the wildtype and T (thymine) is the risk allele. For rs10033464 guanine (G) is the wildtype and T is the risk allele.