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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Feb;10(2):e005047. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.116.005047

Table 2.

Associations of Demographic and Clinical Variables with Change in Left Atrial Volume from DHS-1 to DHS-2

Variable Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 P trend
Δ LA volume/BSA
(mL/m2)
−13.9 [−17.9,
−11.0]
−5.1 [−6.8, −
3.4]
1.3 [−0.5,
2.6]
8.3 [6.0, 12.5]
DHS1 age (years) 44 [37, 51] 44 [36, 49] 42 [35, 49] 42 [36, 50] 0.27
Male Sex (%) 44.7 40.5 38.9 38.4 0.20
Race/Ethnicity (%)
  Black 35.3 42.1 45.8 55.8 <.0001
  White 48.4 40.0 36.3 30.5 <0.0001
  Hispanic 12.6 14.2 16.8 12.6 0.82
  Other 3.7 3.7 1.1 1.1 0.033
DHS1 Systolic
Blood Pressure
(mmHg)
120 [111,
132]
121[112,
133]
120 [112,
129]
124 [114,
133]
0.18
Δ Systolic Blood
Pressure (mmHg)
4.7 [−4.7, 13] 4.2 [−4.7,
13.7]
6.7 [−2.7,
18.0]
6.3 [−2.3,
18.3]
0.015
DHS1 Diastolic
Blood Pressure
(mmHg)
74.8 [70.0,
80.7]
75.8 [70.0,
82.7]
75 [70.0,
80.7]
77.3 [71.2,
84.0]
0.043
Δ Diastolic Blood
Pressure (mmHg)
2.8 [−2.7,
8.7]
4.3 [−2.3, 9.3] 3.5 [−1.7,
11.0]
1.7 [−4.3, 8.3] 0.27
DHS1 Diabetes
(%)
6.3 7.9 5.8 7.4 0.90
Incident Diabetes
(%)
8.9 6.3 5.1 8.0 0.61
DHS1 Smoking
(%)
22.2 24.2 20.5 22.6 0.86
Incident Smoking
(%)
4.1 4.2 6.0 4.1 0.81
BMI (kg/ m2) 27.4 [24.1,
32.1]
27.5 [24.3,
31.5]
28.1 [24.8,
31.6]
29.3 [25.2,
35.2]
0.001
Δ BMI (kg/ m2) 0.7 [−0.7,
2.1]
1.0 [−0.6, 2.5] 0.6 [−0.9,
2.4]
0.7 [−1.3, 2.4] 0.62
DHS1 waist
circumference
(cm)
92.5 [82.5,
103]
93.5 [84,
101]
93.3 [85,
102]
98 [88, 108] 0.002
DHS 1 Lean Mass
(kg)
54.0 [51.9,
61.8]
50.9 [42.5,
61.7]
52.1 [43.6,
60.5]
54.4 [45.3,
63.0]
0.31
DHS 1 Total Fat
Mass (kg)
22.0 [16.3,
29.3]
23.7 [18.7,
30.2]
24.4 [18.6,
31.2]
26.2 [19.0,
34.9]
<.0001
DHS 1 Abdominal
Subcutaneous Fat
Mass (kg)
3.7 [2.5, 5.2] 3.7 [2.6, 5.5] 4.0 [2.7,
5.6]
4.2 [2.8, 6.7] 0.003
DHS 1 Visceral
Fat Mass (kg)
1.8 [1.3, 2.5] 1.8 [1.3, 2.4] 1.8 [1.3,
2.4]
2.1 [1.4, 2.7] 0.029
DHS 1 Lower
Body Fat Mass
(kg)
7.8 [5.8,
10.5]
8.7 [6.4,
11.3]
8.9 [6.4,
11.9]
9.1 [6.8, 12.6] 0.001
DHS1 LV
Mass/BSA (g/m2)
65.2 [55.9,
77.8]
62.6 [53.7,
73.6]
62.7 [54,
71.3]
66.3 [57.6,
76.1]
0.91
Δ LV Mass/BSA
(g/m2)
−3.3 [−7.6,
1.3]
−2.4 [−6.7,
1.4]
−1.3 [−5.7,
2.7]
−1.0 [−4.9, 4.0] <.0001
DHS1
LVEDV/BSA (mL/
m2)
64.5 [56.0,
73.2]
60.8 [55.3,
68.8]
62.5 [56.3,
69.3]
60.2 [53.2,
68.9]
0.003
ΔLVEDV/BSA
(mL/ m2)
−5.0 [−11.8, −
0.6]
−3.8 [−7.5,
0.4]
−1.2 [−5.3,
3.3]
2.5 [−2.6, 6.8] <.0001
DHS1 LV Ejection
Fraction (%)
68.5 [63.9,
73.1]
69.4 [65.1,
72.2]
68.1 [63.9,
72.2]
68.8 [64.3,
73.2]
0.99
Δ LV Ejection
Fraction (%)
−0.1 [−2.9,
4.1]
0.9 [−3.4, 4.5] 1.3 [−2.1,
4.9]
0.9 [−1.9, 4.3] 0.053
DHS1 hs-cTnT
ng/L
1.5 [1.5, 1.5] 1.5 [1.5, 1.5] 1.5 [1.5,
1.5]
1.5 [1.5, 1.5] 0.059
Δ hs-cTnT ng/L 2.9 [0, 6.0] 1.8 [0, 4.3] 2.0 [0, 4.3] 2.5 [0, 5.0] 0.38
DHS1 NT-Pro-
BNP (pg/mL)
32.6 [16,
60.3]
24.4 [11.2,
55.5]
25.1 [11.7,
50.0]
29.0 [11.2,
56.9]
0.26
Δ NT-Pro-BNP
(pg/mL)
8.4 [−11.8,
25.5]
10.4 [−4.3,
27.3]
14.7 [1.2,
34.9]
18.4 [2.4,
50.7]
<.0001
DHS1 hs-CRP
(mg/L)
2.0 [0.9, 4.3] 2.0 [0.8, 5.1] 2.3 [1.1, 5] 3.4 [1, 7.6] 0.001
Δhs-CRP (mg/L) 0.1 [−1.1,
1.5]
0.2 [−0.9,
1.2]
−0.1 [−1.4,
1]
−0.2 [−2.9, 1] 0.021
Glomerular
Filtration Rate
(mL/min per 1.73
m2)
97.6 [84.7,
112.3]
97.6 [85.7,
110.2]
96.7 [84.4,
111.1]
98.3 [86.6,
109.7]
0.82
Δ Glomerular
Filtration Rate
(mL/min per 1.73
m2)
−4.4 [−13.5,
6.5]
−4.2 [−14.0,
7.8]
−6.0 [−14.8,
5.4]
−5.7 [−16.6,
1.9]
0.29

Abbreviations as in table 1

Left atrial size was indexed to body surface area in both DHS 1 and DHS 2