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Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Feb;8(2):10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.114.002769 e002769. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.114.002769

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of patients.

	Total (n=90)	Paroxysmal (n=54)	Persistent (n=36)	P Value

Age (years)	61 ± 10	61 ± 10	60 ± 9	0.416
Sex (male)	76%	72 %	81 %	0.367
Body mass index (kg/m²)	29 ± 5	28 ± 5	29 ± 5	0.256
Hypertension	48 %	48%	47%	0.931
History of heart failure	12 %	6 %	22%	0.018
Coronary artery disease	12 %	13%	11%	0.768
Diabetes mellitus	7 %	6%	8%	0.605
Obstructive sleep apnea	24%	24 %	25 %	0.920
Left ventricular ejection fraction	58 ± 6 %	59 ± 5 %	56 ± 8 %	0.104