Table 1.

General clinical characteristics of the GeneID AF case control cohort

Characteristic	Cases (n = 650)	Controls (n = 1,447)	P*
Gender (male/female)	398/252	902/545	0.63
Age (mean ± SD, years)	58.4 ± 15.9	59.7 ± 12.2	0.84
Lone AF (%)	180 (27.7)	N/A	–
Paroxysmal AF (%)	416 (64.0)	N/A	–
Persistent AF (%)	211 (32.5)	N/A	–
Permanent AF (%)	23 (3.5)	N/A	–
Hypertension (%)	273 (42.0)	39 (2.7)	<0.01
Ischemic stroke (%)	92 (14.2)	4 (0.3)	<0.01
CAD (%)	181 (27.8)	2 (0.01)	<0.01
T2DM (%)	49 (7.5)	14 (0.9)	<0.01

Age age-at-onset of AF for cases and age at the enrollment for controls, P* derived from an unpaired Student’s t test or Pearson’s chi-square test, SD standard deviation, CAD coronary artery disease, T2DM type 2 diabetes mellitus